Allometry of litter mass in bats: Maternal size, wing morphology, and phylogeny

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 476-490

  Hayssen, V ^a,c   Kunz, T H ^b  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

allometry; Chiroptera; litter mass; reproductive strategy; wing loading

Indexed keywords

CHIROPTERA; MEGACHIROPTERA; MICROCHIROPTERA;

EID: 0029782650     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382823     Document Type: Article

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