The effect of contraceptive implants on the behavior of female rodrigues fruit bats, Pteropus rodricensis

Zoo Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-36

  Hayes, Karen T ^a   Feistner, Anna T C ^a   Halliwell, Elisabeth C ^a  

^a Bird Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alopecia; Captive management; Contraception; Melengestrol acetate; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PTEROPUS RODRICENSIS;

EID: 0030555601     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2361(1996)15:1<21::AID-ZOO3>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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