Social organization and foraging behavior of the fishing bat, Noctilio leporinus (Chiroptera:Noctilionidae)

Ethology

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 421-436

  Brooke, Anne P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NOCTILIO LEPORINUS;

FISHING BAT; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; ROOST; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0030617126     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1997.tb00157.x     Document Type: Article

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