Reproductive ecology of Commerson's leaf-nosed bats Hipposideros commersoni (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) in South-Central Africa: Interactions between seasonality and large body size; and implications for conservation

African Zoology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 53-63

  Cotterill, F P D ^a,b   Fergusson, R A ^b  

^a Natural History Museum   (Zimbabwe)

^b Biodiversity Foundation for Africa   (Zimbabwe)

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