Determinants of species evenness in a neotropical bat ensemble

Oikos

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 927-941

  Estrada Villegas, Sergio ^a,b   McGill, Brian J ^c   Kalko, Elisabeth K V ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BAT; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DOMINANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; MOBILITY; NEOTROPICAL REGION; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 84861467211     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19837.x     Document Type: Article

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