Population growth of Orii's flying fox, Pteropus dasymallus inopinatus, on Okinawa-jima Island

Japanese Journal of Conservation Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-53

  Nakamoto, Atsushi ^a,c   Sato, Akiko ^a   Kinjo, Kazumitsu ^b   Izawa, Masako ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b OKINAWA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Okayama Prefectural Institute for Environmental Science and Public Health   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agricultural pest; Population dynamics; Ryukyu flying fox; Tropical cyclone; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

PTEROPODIDAE; PTEROPUS DASYMALLUS;

EID: 79959423265     PISSN: 13424327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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