The male reproductive cycle of three species of Australian vespertilionid bat

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 245, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 261-270

  Hosken, D J ^a,b   Blackberry, M A ^a   Stewart, T B ^a   Stucki, A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Reproduction; Sperm storage; Spermatogenesis; Testes; Vespertilionid bat

Indexed keywords

NYCTOPHILUS GEOFFROYI; NYCTOPHILUS MAJOR; VESPADELUS REGULUS;

EID: 0031679224     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836998007031     Document Type: Article

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