Roost structure, modification, and availability in the white-throated round-eared bat, Lophostoma silvicolum(Phyllostomidae) living in active termite nests

Biotropica

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 398-404

  Kalko, Elisabeth K V ^a,b   Ueberschaer, Katja ^c   Dechmann, Dina ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Barro Colorado Island; Chiroptera; Lophostoma; Phyllostomidae; Roost availability; Roost modification; Roost structure; Termites

Indexed keywords

BAT; BIOAVAILABILITY; INSECTIVORE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROOST SITE; TERMITE;

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; CENTRAL AMERICA; GATUN LAKE; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

CHIROPTERA; ISOPTERA; LOPHOSTOMA; LOPHOSTOMA SILVICOLA; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE; TERMITARIA;

EID: 33646480812     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00142.x     Document Type: Article

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