Bats of the Potaro Plateau region, western Guyana

Mammalia

Volumn 69, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 375-394

  Shapley, Rebecca L ^a   Wilson, Don E ^b   Warren, Adrian N ^c   Barnett, Adrian A ^d  

^a Akodon Ecological Consulting   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c Last Refuge Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carollia castanea; Chiroptera; Distribution; Ecology; Guyana; Platyrrhinus; Potaro

Indexed keywords

BAT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HABITAT SELECTION; MAPPING; SPECIES INVENTORY;

GUYANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

CAROLLIA CASTANEA; CHIROPTERA; PLATYRRHINUS; PLATYRRHINUS AURARIUS;

EID: 30744454257     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.2005.030     Document Type: Article

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