Feeding habits of the Egyptian fruit bat rousettus aegyptiacus on Cyprus island: A first assessment

Hystrix

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 281-289

  Del Vaglio, Maria Alessandra ^a   Nicolaou, Haris ^b   Bosso, Luciano ^a   Russo, Danilo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Natural Resources and Environment   (Cyprus)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Conservation; Diet; Egyptian fruit bat; Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

ARBUTUS ANDRACHNE; CERATONIA SILIQUA; CHIROPTERA; JAPONICA; MELIA AZEDARACH; MORUS (ANGIOSPERM); ROUSETTUS AEGYPTIACUS;

EID: 84866444758     PISSN: 03941914     EISSN: 18255272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4404/Hystrix-22.2-4587     Document Type: Article

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