Bats of St. Kitts (St. Christopher), northern Lesser Antilles, with comments regarding capture rates of neotropical bats

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 744-760

  Pedersen, Scott C ^a   Genoways, Hugh H ^b   Morton, Mathew N ^c   Kwiecinski, Gary G ^d   Courts, Siân E ^c  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

^c DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Capture rates; Chiroptera; Fruit bats; Natural disasters; St. Kitts

Indexed keywords

BAT; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); HURRICANE; NEW RECORD;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS;

ARDOPS NICHOLLSI; ARTIBEUS; ARTIBEUS JAMAICENSIS; BRACHYPHYLLA CAVERNARUM; CERCOPITHECUS; CERCOPITHECUS SABAEUS; CHIROPTERA; MOLOSSUS MOLOSSUS; MONOPHYLLUS PLETHODON; NOCTILIO LEPORINUS; TADARIDA BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 31344481497     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: 00086452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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