Echolocation call analysis and presence-only modelling as conservation monitoring tools for rhinolophoid bats in Thailand

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 311-327

  Hughes, Alice C ^a   Satasook, Chutamas ^b   Bates, Paul J J ^c   Soisook, Pipat ^b   Sritongchuay, Tuanjit ^b   Jones, Gareth ^a   Bumrungsri, Sara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c Centre for Systematics and Biodiversity Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acoustic identification; constant frequency; horseshoe bats; Old World leaf nosed bats; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; ALLOPATRY; BAT; CALLING BEHAVIOR; CAPTURE METHOD; CONSERVATION STATUS; DECISION MAKING; ECHOLOCATION; HABITAT QUALITY; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

THAILAND;

RHINOLOPHIDAE; RHINOLOPHUS; RHINOLOPHUS AFFINIS; RHINOLOPHUS COELOPHYLLUS; RHINOLOPHUS LEPIDUS; RHINOLOPHUS MALAYANUS; RHINOLOPHUS PEARSONII; RHINOLOPHUS PUSILLUS; RHINOLOPHUS THOMASI; RHINOLOPHUS TRIFOLIATUS; RHINOLOPHUS YUNANENSIS;

EID: 78650899550     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/150811010X537891     Document Type: Article

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