Mating system of a neotropical roost-making bat: The white-throated, round-eared bat, Lophostoma silvicolum (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 316-325

  Dechmann, D K N ^a,b   Kalko, E K V ^b,c   Konig B ^a   Kerth, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Lophostoma silvicolum; Post partum estrus; Reproductive cycle; Reproductive success; Resource defense polygyny

Indexed keywords

BAT; MATE GUARDING; POLYGYNY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; ROOST SITE;

CHIROPTERA; ISOPTERA; LOPHOSTOMA SILVICOLA; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE;

EID: 21344459262     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0913-y     Document Type: Article

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