Defence of females by dominant males of Artibeus jamaicensis (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)

Ethology

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 395-407

  Ortega, Jorge ^a   Arita, Héctor T ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BAT; DOMINANCE; HAREM; MATE GUARDING;

ARTIBEUS JAMAICENSIS;

EID: 0034072409     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2000.00557.x     Document Type: Article

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