Effects of Agricultural Intensification on the Assemblage of Leaf-Nosed Bats (Phyllostomidae) in a Coffee Landscape in Chiapas, Mexico

Biotropica

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 605-613

  Williams Guillén, Kimberly ^a   Perfecto, Ivette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroecosystems; Matrix habitat; Shade coffee

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGROFORESTRY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BAT; COFFEE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT LOSS; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CHIAPAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

HEXAPODA; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE;

EID: 77956463482     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2010.00626.x     Document Type: Article

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