Sex and segregation in temperate bats

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1580, 2005, Pages 2467-2473

  Senior, Paula ^a   Butlin, Roger K ^a,b   Altringham, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bats; Mating; Paternity; Sexual segregation; Swarming

Indexed keywords

BAT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; POPULATION ECOLOGY; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SUMMER; SWARMING;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BAT; FEMALE; FORAGING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATERNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUMMER;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; MYOTIS DAUBENTONI;

EID: 28244487197     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3237     Document Type: Article

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