Importancia de los detectores ultrasónicos para mejorar los inventarios de murciélagos Neotropicales

Authors

  • Juan M. Pech-Canche Red de Ecoetología, Instituto de Ecología A.C., A.P. 63, Xalapa 91000, Veracruz.
  • Cristina MacSwiney Centro de Investigaciones Tropicales, Universidad Veracruzana, Ex-Hacienda Lucas Martín, Calle Araucarias s/n, Apartado Postal 525, 91019 Xalapa, Veracruz.
  • Erendira Estrella Departamento de Zoología, Campus de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán. Carr. Mérida-Xmatkuil Km 15.5 AP 4-116 Itzimná, Mérida, Yucatán, CP 97000.

Keywords:

Chiroptera, bats, bat detectors, deciduous lowland forest, diversity inventories, Yucatan

Abstract

This study demonstrates the usefulness of ultrasonic bat detectors as a methodological tool to improve inventories of Neotropical bats to increase 40% the inventory of bats recorded with traditional capture methods in a deciduous lowland dry forest site in the Yucatan Peninsula.Key words: Chiroptera, bats, bat detectors, deciduous lowland forest, diversity inventories, Yucatan

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2010-12-30

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