Taxonomy, distribution, and natural history of flying foxes (chiroptera, pteropodidae) in the mortlock islands and chuuk state, caroline islands

ZooKeys

Volumn 345, Issue , 2013, Pages 97-135

  Buden, Donald W ^a   Helgen, Kristofer M ^b   Wiles, Gary J ^c  

^a USDA Land Grant Program   (Federated States of Micronesia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atoll; Chuuk; Climate change; Distribution; Micronesia; Mortlock islands; Natural history; P. insularis; P. pelagicus; P. tokudae; Pteropus phaeocephalus; Sea level rise; Status; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887039278     PISSN: 13132989     EISSN: 13132970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.345.5840     Document Type: Article

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