Bat conservation in China: Should protection of subterranean habitats be a priority?

ORYX

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 526-531

  Luo, Jinhong ^a   Jiang, Tinglei ^a   Lu, Guanjun ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Wang, Jing ^a   Feng, Jiang ^a  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bats; China; Chiroptera; conservation priority; endemism; human disturbance; species richness; tourist cave

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BAT; CAVE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; PRIORITIZATION; ROOST SITE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SURVIVAL; TOURIST DESTINATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84884997123     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605311001505     Document Type: Article

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