Habitat use by phyllostomid bat assemblages in secondary forests of 'Sierra del Rosario' Biosphere Reserve, Cuba

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 203-218

  Mancina, Carlos A ^a   García Rivera, Lainet ^a   Capote, Rene T ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y SISTEMÁTICA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Bat assemblages; Cuba; Food habits; Night activity; Phyllostomids; Reproduction activity; Secondary habitats

Indexed keywords

BAT; BIODIVERSITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT USE; NATURE RESERVE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES; PINAR DEL RIO; SIERRA DEL ROSARIO BIOSPHERE RESERVE;

ARTIBEUS JAMAICENSIS; MONOPHYLLUS REDMANI; PHYLLONYCTERIS POEYI; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE;

EID: 34548475104     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/1733-5329(2007)9[203:HUBPBA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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