Age-specific reproductive strategies and delayed embryonic development in an old world fruit bat, Ptenochirus jagori

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 295-311

  Heideman, Paul D ^a   Powell, Kendall S ^a  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding; Delayed development; Embryonic development; Ptenochirus; Reproduction; Reproductive timing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000009204     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382866     Document Type: Article

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