Abundance responses of frugivorous bats (Stenodermatinae) to coffee cultivation and selective logging practices in mountainous central Veracruz, Mexico

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2111-2124

  Saldaña Vázquez, Romeo A ^a   Sosa, Vinicio J ^a   Hernández Montero, Jesús R ^b   López Barrera, Fabiola ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bats; Cloud forest; Habitat modification; Mexico; Phyllostomidae; Plantations; Shade coffee

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BAT; CLOUD FOREST; COFFEE; CULTIVATION; FRUGIVORY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LOGGING (TIMBER); MONTANE FOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE PLANTING;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; VERACRUZ;

ARTIBEUS; BOS; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE; STENODERMATINAE; STURNIRA;

EID: 77952950544     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-010-9829-6     Document Type: Article

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