Flying foxes face cull despite evidence

Science

Volumn 350, Issue 6266, 2015, Pages 1325-

  Vincent Florens, F B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUNTING; BAT; BIODIVERSITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LETTER; MAURITIUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTEROPUS NIGER; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SPECIES HABITAT; ANIMAL; CROP PRODUCTION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FRUIT; INTRODUCED SPECIES;

PTEROPODIDAE;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; CROP PRODUCTION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FRUIT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MAURITIUS;

EID: 84949654104     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.350.6266.1325-a     Document Type: Letter

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