Bat life histories: Testing models of mammalian life-history evolution

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 465-476

  Jones, Kate E ^a,b   MacLarnon, Ann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bats; Comparative analyses; Evolution; Independent contrasts; Life history models

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013290801     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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