Population composition and ectoparasite prevalence on bats (Sturnira Ludovici; Phyllostomidae) in forest fragments and coffee plantations of Central Veracruz, Mexico

Biotropica

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 351-356

  Saldaña Vázquez, Romeo A ^a   Castro Luna, Alejandro A ^b   Sandoval Ruiz, Cesar A ^a,c   Hernández Montero, Jesús R ^b   Stoner, Kathryn E ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^c BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Batflies; Frugivorous bat; Sex proportion; Streblidae

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BAT; CLOUD FOREST; COFFEE; ECTOPARASITE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FRUGIVORY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT USE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PLANTATION; SEX RATIO; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; VERACRUZ;

PHYLLOSTOMIDAE; STREBLIDAE; STURNIRA LUDOVICI;

EID: 84877121531     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12007     Document Type: Article

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