Peripheral blood characteristics of gravid Schreibers' long-fingered bats, miniopterus schreibersii natalensis (Microchiroptera: Vespertilionidae)

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 414-418

  Viljoen, M ^a   Van Der Merwe, M ^a   Bower, G ^b   Levay, P F ^b   Grobler, A S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b NONE

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MINIOPTERUS SCHREIBERSII;

EID: 0031414582     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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