Economy of harem maintenance in the greater spear-nosed bat, Phyllostomus hastatus

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 631-642

  Kunz, Thomas H ^a   Robson, Simon K ^a,c   Nagy, Kenneth A ^b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Daily energetic expenditure; Doubly labeled water; Harems; Phyllostomidae; Phyllostomus hastatus; Time budgets; Trinidad

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE; PHYLLOSTOMUS HASTATUS;

EID: 0000919056     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382993     Document Type: Article

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