Early ontogeny of foraging behaviour in the short-nosed fruit bat Cynoptorus sphinx (Megachiroptera) : Preliminary results

Mammalia

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 139-145

  Gopukumar, N ^a   Nathan, P T ^b   Doss, P S ^b   Prakash, A ^b   Emmanuel, K ^b   Balasingh, J ^b   Marimuthu, G ^a   Kunz, T H ^c  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Zoology Research Centre   (India)

^c Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Cynopterus sphinx; Ontogeny of foraging; Radiotelemetry

Indexed keywords

BAT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; ONTOGENY; RADIOTELEMETRY; WEANING;

CHIROPTERA; CYNOPTERUS; CYNOPTERUS SPHINX; MEGACHIROPTERA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038368904     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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