Male reproductive cycle of Mexican big-eared bats, Corynorhinus mexicanus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 453-460

  León Galván, Miguel A ^a   López Wilchis, Ricardo ^a   Hernández Pérez, Omar ^a   Arenas Ríos, Edith ^a   Rosado, Adolfo ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIROPTERA; PLECOTUS MEXICANUS; RHINOLOPHIDAE; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 30844455599     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2005)050[0453:MRCOMB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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