Suckling behaviour in the brown long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 239, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 411-416

  Mclean, J A ^a   Speakman, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; PLECOTUS AURITUS;

BROWN LONG-EARED BAT; MOTHER-OFFSPRING INTERACTION;

EID: 0030442375     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1996.tb05464.x     Document Type: Article

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