Lipid compounds in secretions of fishing bat, Noctilio leporinus (Chiroptera: Noctilionidae)

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1411-1428

  Brooke, Anne P ^a,b   Decker, Denice M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b Dept of Mar and Wildlife Resources   (American Samoa)

Author keywords

Bats; lipids; scent marking

Indexed keywords

CHIROPTERA; LEPORINUS; NOCTILIO LEPORINUS; NOCTILIONIDAE;

EID: 0029803168     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02027721     Document Type: Article

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