Biome transitions as centres of diversity: Habitat heterogeneity and diversity patterns of West African bat assemblages across spatial scales

Ecography

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 177-195

  Fahr, Jakob ^a   Kalko, Elisabeth K V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; BIOME; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DIVERSITY INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HETEROGENEITY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFOREST; SAMPLING; SAMPLING BIAS; SAVANNA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

COTE D'IVOIRE;

EID: 79953279534     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.05510.x     Document Type: Article

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