Ecological correlates of vulnerability to fragmentation in Neotropical bats

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 381-391

  Meyer, Christoph F J ^a   Fründ, Jochen ^b   Lizano, Willy Pineda ^c   Kalko, Elisabeth K V ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^d SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Ecological traits; Habitat fragmentation; Land bridge islands; Panama; Sensitivity; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BAT; BIODIVERSITY; EDGE EFFECT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MOBILITY; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PHYLOGENETICS; RESERVE DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TROPHIC LEVEL; VULNERABILITY; WING MORPHOLOGY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; GATUN LAKE; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

CHIROPTERA;

EID: 38349166935     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01389.x     Document Type: Article

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