Another Seychelles endemic close to extinction: The emballonurid bat Coleura seychellensis

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Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 310-318

  Bambini, Laura ^a   Blyth, Andrew ^a   Bradford, Tim ^a   Bristol, Rachel ^e   Burthe, Sarah ^b   Craig, Louise ^a   Downs, Nick ^d   Laing, Sinclair ^a   Marshall Ball, Lorraine ^c   McGowan, Denise ^a   Vel, Terence ^e   Racey, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d Cresswell Associates   (United Kingdom)

^e NATURE SEYCHELLES   (Seychelles)

Author keywords

Coleura seychellensis; Dietary analysis; Distribution; Echolocation; Roosts; Seychelles

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BAT; CONSERVATION STATUS; DIETARY SHIFT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EXTINCTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; RED LIST;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MAHE; SEYCHELLES;

COLEOPTERA; COLEURA SEYCHELLENSIS; DIPTERA; EMBALLONURA SEMICAUDATA; EMBALLONURIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROCHIROPTERA;

EID: 33749133617     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605306000809     Document Type: Article

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