Conservation relevance of bat caves for biodiversity and ecosystem services

Biological Conservation

Volumn 211, Issue , 2017, Pages 45-50

  Medellin, Rodrigo A ^a   Wiederholt, Ruscena ^b   Lopez Hoffman, Laura ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b Everglades Foundation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bat caves; Bats; Cave conservation; Ecosystem services; Small natural features

Indexed keywords

BAT; BIODIVERSITY; CAVE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CONSERVATION STATUS; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FUNGUS; INVERTEBRATE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SEED DISPERSAL; STRATEGIC APPROACH; VERTEBRATE;

NORTH AMERICA;

FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA; MOLOSSIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 85011031983     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2017.01.012     Document Type: Article

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