Shedding new light on old species identifications: Morphological and genetic evidence suggest a need for conservation status review of the critically endangered bat, Saccolaimus saccolaimus

Wildlife Research

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 496-508

  Milne, Damian J ^a   Jackling, Felicity C ^b   Sidhu, Manpreet ^b   Appleton, Belinda R ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE SUPERVISING SCIENTIST   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CONSERVATION STATUS; ECHOLOCATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MORPHOLOGY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EMBALLONURIDAE; SACCOLAIMUS; SACCOLAIMUS FLAVIVENTRIS; SACCOLAIMUS SACCOLAIMUS;

EID: 70350147740     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR08165     Document Type: Article

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