Structure of bat guano communities in a dry Brazilian cave

Tropical Zoology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-74

  Ferreira, R L ^a   Prous, X ^a   Martins, R P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cave; Communities; Diversity; Guano; Habitat selection; Invertebrates; Neotropics

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; COLLEMBOLA; DIPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA; ISOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; NEUROPTERA; PSEUDOSCORPIONES; PSOCOPTERA; THYSANOPTERA; THYSANURA;

EID: 34547984973     PISSN: 03946975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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