Subordinate males in harem groups of Jamaican fruit-eating bats (Artibeus Jamaicensis): Satellites or sneaks?

Ethology

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1077-1091

  Ortega, Jorge ^a   Arita, Héctor T ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; BAT; DOMINANCE; HAREM; MATE GUARDING; SOCIAL STATUS;

MEXICO;

ARTIBEUS; ARTIBEUS JAMAICENSIS;

EID: 0036947777     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2002.00836.x     Document Type: Article

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