Diversity pattern of bats at two contrasting habitat types along Kerian River, Perak, Malaysia

Tropical Life Sciences Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 13-22

  Shafie, Nur Juliani ^a   Sah, Shahrul Anuar Mohd ^a   Latip, Nurul Salmi Abdul ^a   Azman, Nur Munira ^a   Khairuddin, Nurul Liyana ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Diversity; Oil Palm Plantation; Secondary Forest; Species Abundance

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BAT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT TYPE; PLANTATION; SECONDARY FOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

MALAYSIA; PERAK; WEST MALAYSIA;

ANIMALIA; CYNOPTERUS BRACHYOTIS; CYNOPTERUS HORSFIELDI; ELAEIS; MACROGLOSSUS MINIMUS;

EID: 84859293213     PISSN: 19853718     EISSN: 21804249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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