Queuing for harem access in colonies of the greater sac-winged bat

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 149-156

  Voigt, Christian C ^a,b   Streich, W J ^b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; COLONY; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; HAREM; MALE BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIAL DISPUTE;

EMBALLONURIDAE; SACCOPTERYX BILINEATA;

EID: 0037266974     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2002.2031     Document Type: Article

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