Distribution of the endangered pacific sheathtail bat Emballonura semicaudata

Australian Mammalogy

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 209-212

  Helgen, Kristofer M ^a,b   Flannery, Timothy F ^a  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emballonura semicaudata; Fiji; Mariana Islands; Micronesia; Palau; Population decline; Samoa; Tonga; Vanuatu

Indexed keywords

EID: 84055171038     PISSN: 03100049     EISSN: 18367402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/am02209     Document Type: Article

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