Composition, structure and diversity of phyllostomid bat assemblages in different successional stages of a tropical dry forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 986-996

  Avila Cabadilla, Luis Daniel ^a   Stoner, Kathryn Elizabeth ^a   Henry, Mickaël ^a   Añorve, Mariana Yolotl Alvarez ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Phyllostomid bat assemblage; Secondary forest; Succession; Tropical dry forest

Indexed keywords

DRY FORESTS; ECOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOREST REGENERATION; HUMID AREAS; IN-PROCESS; INTERMEDIATE STAGE; LATE STAGE; NATURAL ABUNDANCE; PHYLLOSTOMID BAT ASSEMBLAGE; PLANT COMMUNITIES; PLANT REPRODUCTION; RARE SPECIES; SECONDARY FOREST; SECONDARY VEGETATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; SUCCESSIONAL STAGES; TROPICAL DRY FOREST; TROPICAL SYSTEMS;

ECOLOGY; LAND USE; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MAMMALS; TROPICS; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; BAT; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONNECTIVITY; DRY FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; LAND USE PLANNING; PASTURE; REGENERATION; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL FOREST;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; LAND USE; LEGISLATION; MAMMALS; PLANTS;

PHYLLOSTOMIDAE;

EID: 68949192446     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.12.011     Document Type: Article

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