Distributional Patterns and Ecological Determinants of Bat Occurrence Inside Caves: A Broad Scale Meta-Analysis

Caves are important bat roosts worldwide that are used as shelters, maternity roosts, and to help in thermoregulation. Bat abundances, species richness, and association patterns inside caves can be affected by large-scale environmental variation. However, few studies have analyzed the effect of lati...

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Main Authors: Hernani Fernandes Magalhães de Oliveira, Monik Oprea, Raphael Igor Dias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-06-01
Series:Diversity
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/10/3/49