Enriching agroecosystems with fruit-producing tree species favors the abundance and richness of frugivorous and nectarivorous bats in Veracruz, Mexico

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-40

  Castro Luna, Alejandro Antonio ^a   Galindo González, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bats; Coffee; Conservation; Pastures; Phyllostomidae

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BAT; COFFEE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT; NECTARIVORY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PASTURE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PLANTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; VERACRUZ;

CAROLLIA SOWELLI; GLOSSOPHAGA SORICINA; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE; STURNIRA;

EID: 83555166104     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2011.06.009     Document Type: Article

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