The Tongan flying fox Pteropus tonganus: Status, public attitudes and conservation in the Cook Islands

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Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 196-203

  Cousins, Jenny A ^a   Compton, Steve G ^b  

^a University of Leeds ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Cook Islands; Habitat; Pteropus tonganus; Status; Tongan flying fox

Indexed keywords

BAT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HUNTING; ROOSTING; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

COOK ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA;

MAMMALIA; PTEROPODIDAE; PTEROPUS TONGANUS;

EID: 33646480602     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003060530500044X     Document Type: Article

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