Phyllostomid Bat Assemblage Structure in Amazonian Flooded and Unflooded Forests

Biotropica

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 312-321

  Bobrowiec, Paulo Estefano D ^a,b   Rosa, Leonardo dos Santos ^a   Gazarini, Janaina ^c   Haugaasen, Torbjørn ^d  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b Ministério de Ciência Tecnologia e Inovação Salvador   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Assemblage structure; Bat diversity; Chiroptera; terra firme; v rzea; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

CHIROPTERA; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE;

EID: 84899914933     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12102     Document Type: Article

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