Differences between caves with and without bats in a Brazilian karst habitat

ABSTRACT. Since bats shelter in roosts during their period of diurnal inactivity, the quality and availability of roosts are important aspects of their ecology. Karst areas have great potential for the availability of day roosts, since they form caves, which serve as bat shelters. Here we characteri...

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Main Authors: Camila G. Torquetti, Marcos Xavier Silva, Sônia A. Talamoni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia 2017-10-01
Series:Zoologia (Curitiba)
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702017000100313&lng=en&tlng=en