Ecosystem services provided by bats

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1223, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-38

  Kunz, Thomas H ^a   de Torrez, Elizabeth Braun ^a   Bauer, Dana ^b   Lobova, Tatyana ^c   Fleming, Theodore H ^d  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropod suppression; Biological pest control; Ecosystem valuation; Insectivory; Pesticide reduction; Pollination; Seed dispersal; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTHROPOD; ARTHROPOD SUPPRESSION; BAT; COLEOPTERA; DECISION MAKING; DIETARY INTAKE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FLY; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FRUGIVORE; HEMIPTERA; HOMOPTERA; INSECTIVORE; LEPIDOPTERA; NECTARIVORE; NONHUMAN; PEST CONTROL; PHYLOGENY; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PROSPECTIVE PRICING; RECREATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE;

ARTHROPODA;

EID: 79953159703     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06004.x     Document Type: Review

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