Intraspecific variation in postnatal growth in the greater spear-nosed bat

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 755-763

  Stern, April A ^a   Kunz, Thomas H ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Greater spear nosed bat; Intraspecific variation; Phyllostomus hastatus; Postnatal growth; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000186870     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383086     Document Type: Article

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