Relationship between urbanization and bat community structure in national parks of the southeastern U.S.

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 197-214

  Loeb, Susan C ^a   Post, Christopher J ^a   Hall, Steven T ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bats; Chiroptera; Conservation; Species diversity; Species richness; Urban development

Indexed keywords

CHIROPTERA; EPTESICUS; EPTESICUS FUSCUS;

EID: 64149088684     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-008-0075-6     Document Type: Article

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