Are neotropical cave-bats good landscape integrity indicators? Some clues when exploring the cross-scale interactions between underground and above-ground ecosystems
Neotropical caves located in pristine ecosystems harbor high biodiversity but face functional shifts and degradation interlinked with aboveground changes. Cave-roosting bats have been proposed as integrity indicators of karst landscapes considering their sensitive to both the underground and abovegr...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-03-01
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Series: | Ecological Indicators |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X20311973 |