Roost availability and population size of Thyroptera tricolor, a leaf-roosting bat, in north-eastern Costa Rica

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 291-305

  Vonhof, Maarten J ^a,b   Fenton, M Brock ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bats; Calathea; Closed population mark recapture models; Habitat availability; Habitat longevity; Heliconia; Population estimation; Population size; Rain forest; Thyroptera tricolor

Indexed keywords

BAT; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; ROOSTING;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

CALATHEA; HELICONIA; THYROPTERA TRICOLOR;

EID: 2542449439     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467404001403     Document Type: Article

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