Effects of roost specialization on extinction risk in bats

Conservation Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1666-1673

  Sagot, Maria ^a   Chaverri, Gloriana ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Endangered species; Red list

Indexed keywords

BAT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CORRELATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; POPULATION DECLINE; PRIORITIZATION; RED LIST; ROOST SITE; ROOSTING; SPECIALIST; SPECIALIZATION; VULNERABILITY;

CHIROPTERA;

ANIMAL; BAT; CAVE; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; CAVES; CHIROPTERA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84955210720     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12546     Document Type: Article

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