Predicting bat distributions and diversity hotspots in Southern Africa

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Hystrix-italian Journal of Mammalogy

• Publication date

  2016-06-29

• Fields of study

  Biology, Geography, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.4404/HYSTRIX-27.1-11722
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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