Phyllostomid bats of lowland Amazonia: Effects of habitat alteration on abundance

Biotropica

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 737-746

  Willig, Michael R ^a   Presley, Steven J ^a   Bloch, Christopher P ^b   Hice, Christine L ^c   Yanoviak, Stephen P ^d   Díaz, M Mónica ^e,f   Chauca, Lily Arias ^e   Pacheco, Víctor ^g   Weaver, Scott C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^e TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^g UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

Author keywords

Amazonian rain forest; Anthropogenic change; Conservation; Deforestation; Habitat use; Lowland; Neotropical bat biodiversity; Population dynamics; Seasonal dynamics

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BAT; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT USE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAINFOREST; SECONDARY SUCCESSION;

IQUITOS; LORETO; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

PHYLLOSTOMIDAE;

EID: 34948866724     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2007.00322.x     Document Type: Article

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