Phyllostomid bat community structure and abundance in two contrasting tropical dry forests

Biotropica

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 591-599

  Stoner, Kathryn E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bat community structure; Chamela Cuixmala Biosphere Reserve; Costa Rica; M xico; Palo Verde; Phyllostomidae; Tropical dry forest

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BAT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRY FOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

CENTRAL AMERICA; CHAMELA-CUIXMALA BIOSPHERE RESERVE; COSTA RICA; JALISCO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

PHYLLOSTOMIDAE;

EID: 31344456934     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2005.00076.x     Document Type: Article

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