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Vegetation complexity and bat-plant dispersal in Calakmul, Mexico

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Vargas-Contreras, Jorge A., Medellín, Rodrigo A., Escalona-Segura, Griselda, Interián-Sosa, Ludivina (2009): Vegetation complexity and bat-plant dispersal in Calakmul, Mexico. Journal of Natural History 43 (3-4): 219-243, DOI: 10.1080/00222930802478651, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930802478651

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