Population dynamics of Leptonycteris curasoae (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in Jalisco, Mexico

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1220-1230

  Ceballos, Gerardo ^a   Fleming, Theodore H ^b   Chávez, Cuauhtemoc ^a   Nassar, Jafet ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Leptonycteris curasoae; Mexico; Migration; Reproduction; Roost dynamics; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CHIROPTERA; LEPTONYCTERIS CURASOAE; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE;

EID: 0000671936     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383065     Document Type: Article

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