Sexual selection favours small and symmetric males in the polygynous greater sac-winged bat Saccopteryx bilineata (Emballonuridae, Chiroptera)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 457-464

  Voigt, Christian C ^a   Heckel, Gerald ^b   Mayer, Frieder ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bats; Fluctuating asymmetry; Polygyny; Saccopteryx bilineata; Size

Indexed keywords

BAT; BODY SIZE; COURTSHIP; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; POLYGYNY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION;

CHIROPTERA; EMBALLONURIDAE; SACCOPTERYX BILINEATA;

EID: 15244355934     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-004-0874-6     Document Type: Article

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