The roles of taxonomy and systematics in bat conservation

Bats in the Anthropocene: Conservation of Bats in a Changing World

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 503-538

  Tsang, Susan M ^a,b   Cirranello, Andrea L ^b   Simmons, Nancy B ^b   Bates, Paul J J ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c Harrison Institute   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-25220-9_16     Document Type: Chapter

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