Aspects of reproduction in the seasonally breeding African yellow bat, Scotophilus dinganii (A. Smith, 1833)

African Zoology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-74

  van der Merwe, M ^a   van der Merwe, N J ^a   Penzhorn, B L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African yellow bat; Delayed implantation; Scotophilus dinganii; Vespertilionidae

Indexed keywords

BAT; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

AFRICA; KRUGER NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

SCOTOPHILUS DINGANII;

EID: 33745479149     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3377/1562-7020(2006)41[67:AORITS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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