Response of a specialist bat to the loss of a critical resource

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Chaverri, Gloriana ^a   Kunz, Thomas H ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BAT; ECOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; HABITAT SELECTION; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PLANT LEAF; PREDATOR; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SPECIES HABITAT; THYROPTERA TRICOLOR; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 83755206416     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028821     Document Type: Article

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