Reproduction and Behaviour of the Samoan Flying Fox, Pteropus samoensis (Chiroptera, Pteropodidae)

Mammalia

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 419-437

  Banack, S A ^a,b   Grant, G S ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Dept of Mar and Wildlife Resources   (American Samoa)

^d Division of Mathematics and Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Flying foxes; Megachiropteran; Natural history; Pteropus samoensis; Reproduction; Samoa

Indexed keywords

BAT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PHENOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; TERRITORIALITY; WEANING;

PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA; SAMOA;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CHIROPTERA; MEGACHIROPTERA; PTEROPODIDAE; PTEROPUS; PTEROPUS SAMOENSIS; SYZYGIUM; SYZYGIUM INOPHYLLOIDES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1642457303     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.2003.67.3.419     Document Type: Article

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