What you see is not what you get: The role of ultrasonic detectors in increasing inventory completeness in Neotropical bat assemblages

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1364-1371

  MacSwiney G, M Cristina ^a   Clarke, Frank M ^a   Racey, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Cenotes; Echolocation; Forest; Insectivorous bats; Mexico; Pastureland; Time expansion

Indexed keywords

BAT; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; DETECTION METHOD; ECHOLOCATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; MONITORING; NEOTROPICAL REGION; SAMPLING; SPECIES INVENTORY; ULTRASONICS;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

MICROCHIROPTERA;

EID: 51049116404     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01531.x     Document Type: Article

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