Bats of the Western Indian Ocean Islands

Animals

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 259-290

  O'Brien, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Conservat; Ecology; Fruit bats; Western Indian Ocean

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863768107     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20762615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ani1030259     Document Type: Review

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