Bat metacommunity structure on Caribbean islands and the role of endemics

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 185-199

  Presley, Steven J ^a   Willig, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Chiroptera; Coherence; Endemic species; Island biogeography; Nestedness; Species boundary clumping; Species composition; Species range turnover

Indexed keywords

BAT; BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GUILD STRUCTURE; NESTEDNESS; RANGE SIZE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

CHIROPTERA; MYCTEROPERCA FUSCA;

EID: 76249133156     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2009.00505.x     Document Type: Article

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