Postnatal growth and age estimation in the Indian pygmy bat Pipistrellus mimus

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 199-204

  Isaac, S Suthakar ^a   Marimuthu, G ^a  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Growth curves; Pipistrellus mimus; Sexual maturity

Indexed keywords

PIPISTRELLUS MIMUS;

EID: 0030051411     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382721     Document Type: Article

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