Structuring of Amazonian bat assemblages: The roles of flooding patterns and floodwater nutrient load

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1163-1171

  Pereira, Maria João Ramos ^a   Marques, João Tiago ^a   Santana, Joana ^b,c   Santos, Carlos David ^a,b   Valsecchi, João ^d   De Queiroz, Helder Lima ^d   Beja, Pedro ^b,c   Palmeirim, Jorge M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^c Ordenamento e Gestao de Recursos Naturais   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUTO DE DESENVOLVIMENTO SUSTENTÁVEL MAMIRAUÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Chiroptera; Community; Tropics

Indexed keywords

BAT; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FLOODING; INSECTIVORE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; ORDINATION; TROPICAL FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BIOMASS; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FLOODING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; BRAZIL; CHIROPTERA; ECOSYSTEM; FLOODS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; CHIROPTERA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70349898059     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01591.x     Document Type: Article

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