High-resolution GPS tracking of Lyle's flying fox between temples and orchards in central Thailand

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 957-968

  Weber, Natalie ^a   Duengkae, Prateep ^b   Fahr, Jakob ^a,c   Dechmann, Dina K N ^a,c   Phengsakul, Patcharakiti ^b   Khumbucha, Wachirapon ^b   Siriaroonrat, Boripat ^d   Wacharapluesadee, Supaporn ^e   Maneeorn, Pattarapol ^f   Wikelski, Martin ^a,c   Newman, Scott ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^d Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)   (Viet Nam)

^e CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^f Thailand Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment   (Thailand)

Author keywords

activity; agricultural lands; central Thailand; diet; flying fox; foraging; GPS loggers; mangroves; movement patterns; Pteropus lylei

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BAT; BIODIVERSITY; DIET; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GPS; HEALTH RISK; HUNTING; MANGROVE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; ORCHARD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RED LIST; REGENERATION; VULNERABILITY;

THAILAND;

PTEROPODIDAE; PTEROPUS LYLEI; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84937560137     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.904     Document Type: Article

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