Results of a recent bat survey in Upper Myanmar including new records from the Kachin forests

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 147-163

  Struebig, Matthew J ^a,d   Rossiter, Stephen J ^a   Bates, Paul J J ^b   Kingston, Tigga ^c   Oo, Sai Sein Lin ^d   Nwe, Aye Aye ^d   Aung, Moe Moe ^d   Win, Sein Sein ^d   Mya, Khin Mya ^d  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Systematics and Biodiversity Research   (United Kingdom)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Mandalay   (Myanmar)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Burma; Chiroptera; Conservation; Distribution; Harp traps; Myanmar

Indexed keywords

BAT; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; NEW RECORD;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; KACHIN; MYANMAR; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

CHIROPTERA; KERIVOULA; MAMMALIA; MURINA; MURINA CYCLOTIS; RHINOLOPHUS; RHINOLOPHUS MALAYANUS; RHINOLOPHUS SHAMELI; RHINOLOPHUS STHENO;

EID: 23044456429     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/1733-5329(2005)7[147:ROARBS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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