Male tactics and reproductive success in the harem polygynous bat Saccopteryx bilineata

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 750-756

  Heckel, Gerald ^a,b   Von Helversen, Otto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Zoologisches Institut   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Age dependence; Alternative mating tactics; Bats; Chiroptera; Paternity testing; Reproductive success; Saccopteryx bilineata

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; BAT; POLYGYNY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TERRITORIALITY;

CHIROPTERA; SACCOPTERYX BILINEATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036864975     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/13.6.750     Document Type: Article

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