Effects of reduced impact logging on bat biodiversity in terra firme forest of lowland Amazonia

Biological Conservation

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 269-285

  Castro Arellano, Ivan ^a   Presley, Steven J ^a   Saldanha, Luis Nelio ^b   Willig, Michael R ^a   Wunderle Jr , Joseph M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Bat conservation; Chiroptera; Forest patch dynamics; Phyllostomidae; Reduced impact logging; Selective logging; Sustainable forest management

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; BAT; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FRUGIVORY; KEYSTONE SPECIES; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PATCH DYNAMICS; POLLINATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; PARA [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA; TAPAJOS NATIONAL FOREST;

ARTIBEUS CONCOLOR; ARTIBEUS LITURATUS; CAROLLIA BREVICAUDA; CAROLLIA PERSPICILLATA; CHIROPTERA; GLOSSOPHAGA SORICINA; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE;

EID: 34250005421     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.04.025     Document Type: Article

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