Conservation value of forest fragments to Palaeotropical bats

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2112-2126

  Struebig, Matthew J ^a   Kingston, Tigga ^b   Zubaid, Akbar ^c   Mohd Adnan, Adura ^c   Rossiter, Stephen J ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Habitat fragmentation; Isolation; Malaysia; Nestedness; Oil palm; Species area relationship

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BAT; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND USE; NESTEDNESS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

CHIROPTERA; ELAEIS;

EID: 49149096534     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.06.009     Document Type: Article

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