Do current vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) population control practices pose a threat to dekeyser's nectar bat's (Lonchophylla dekeyseri) long-term persistence in the cerrado?

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 275-282

  Aguiar, Ludmilla M S ^a   Brito, Daniel ^b,c   Machado, Ricardo B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerrado; Desmodus; Lonchophylla; population viability analysis; rabies; roost

Indexed keywords

BAT; INBREEDING; MORTALITY; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

DESMODUS; DESMODUS ROTUNDUS; LONCHOPHYLLA; LONCHOPHYLLA DEKEYSERI;

EID: 78650885071     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/150811010X537855     Document Type: Article

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