Near threatened? First report of unsuspected human-driven decline factors in the Ryukyu flying fox (Pteropus dasymallus) in Japan

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 273-277

  Vincenot, Christian Ernest ^a   Koyama, Lina ^a   Russo, Danilo ^b,c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Culling; Fruit bat; Megabat; Poisoning; Wildlife conflict

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BAT; CONSERVATION STATUS; CULLING; ENCOUNTER RATE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; FERAL ORGANISM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUNTING; POISONING; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

JAPAN; PHILIPPINES; TAIWAN;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; PTEROPODIDAE; PTEROPUS DASYMALLUS;

EID: 84943162159     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2015.03.003     Document Type: Article

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