Surveying bats for conservation: The status of cave-dwelling bats on Curaçao from 1993 to 2003

Animal Conservation

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 207-217

  Petit, Sophie ^a   Rojer, A ^b   Pors, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CARMABI   (Netherlands Antilles)

Author keywords

Bat caves; Bat census; Bat monitoring; Bat population fluctuation; Bat roost disturbance; Bat species compatability; Bat survey; Survey regularity

Indexed keywords

BAT; POPULATION ESTIMATION; ROOST SITE; ROOSTING;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LESSER ANTILLES; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES;

GLOSSOPHAGA LONGIROSTRIS; LEPTONYCTERIS CURASOAE; MORMOOPS MEGALOPHYLLA; MYOTIS NESOPOLUS; NATALUS TUMIDIROSTRIS; NOCTILIO LEPORINUS; PTERONOTUS DAVYI;

EID: 33645832007     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2005.00012.x     Document Type: Article

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