Guild-specific responses of bats to landscape composition and configuration in fragmented Amazonian rainforest

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 203-213

  Klingbeil, Brian T ^a,b   Willig, Michael R ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Biodiversity; Chiroptera; Conservation; Ensemble; Forest fragmentation; Frugivore guild; Gleaning animalivore guild; Landscape structure; Scale

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BAT; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEFORESTATION; FRUGIVORY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; NEOTROPICAL REGION; RAINFOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AMAZON BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

CHIROPTERA;

EID: 58249120631     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01594.x     Document Type: Article

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