Sperm storage in a seasonally reproducing African vespertilionid, the banana bat (Pipistrellus nanus) from Malawi

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 241, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 161-174

  Bernard, R T F ^a   Happold, D C D ^b   Happold, M ^b  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PIPISTRELLUS NANUS;

BANANA BAT; MATING SYSTEM; PROMISCUITY; SPERM STORAGE;

MALAWI;

EID: 0030621264     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1997.tb05506.x     Document Type: Article

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