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The Critical Importance of Old World Fruit Bats for Healthy Ecosystems and Economies
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- 1. Project Pteropus, Rimba, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- 2. School of Environmental and Geographical Sciences, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Semenyih, Malaysia
- 3. Landscape Ecology Group, Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, China; Department of Biological Sciences, College of Science and Mathematics, University of Southern Mindanao, Cotabato, Philippines
- 4. Landscape Ecology Group, Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, China
- 5. Department of Biology, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, IA, United States
- 6. Bat Eco-Interactions Project, Houston, TX, United States
- 7. School of Science, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, Malaysia
- 8. Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom
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Aziz, Sheema Abdul, McConkey, Kim R., Tanalgo, Krizler, Sritongchuay, Tuanjit, Low, Mary-Ruth, Yong, Joon Yee, Mildenstein, Tammy L., Nuevo-Diego, Christine Ely, Lim, Voon-Ching, Racey, Paul A. (2021): The Critical Importance of Old World Fruit Bats for Healthy Ecosystems and Economies. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9: 1-29, DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.641411
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