Vertical stratification of bat assemblages in flooded and unflooded Amazonian forests

Current Zoology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 469-478

  Pereira, Maria João Ramos ^a,b   Marques, João Tiago ^a,b   Palmeirim, Jorge M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE DESENVOLVIMENTO SUSTENTÁVEL MAMIRAUÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Bats; Chiroptera; Floodplain; Vertical stratification

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CHIROPTERA; STENODERMATINAE;

EID: 77954387698     PISSN: 00017302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/56.4.469     Document Type: Article

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