Female interactions in harem groups of the Jamaican fruit-eating bat, Artibeus jamaicensis (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 485-495

  Ortega, Jorge ^a   Maldonado, Jesús E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Affiliative interactions; Aggressive interactions; Artibeus jamaicensis; Harem groups

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BAT; BREEDING SEASON; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; GROOMING; HAREM; ROOSTING; SITE SELECTION; THERMOREGULATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; JAMAICA;

ARTIBEUS JAMAICENSIS; CHIROPTERA; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE;

EID: 33846549540     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/1733-5329(2006)8[485:FIIHGO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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