The social organization and population dynamics of leaf-roosting banana bats, Pipistrellus nanus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), in Malawi, east-central Africa

Mammalia

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 517-544

  Happold, D C D ^a   Happold, M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANANA BAT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; ROOSTING; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

MALAWI, SHIRE HIGHLANDS;

MUSA; MUSACEAE; PIPISTRELLUS NANUS;

EID: 0030300708     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.1996.60.4.517     Document Type: Article

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