Assessment of fecal testosterone metabolite analysis in free-ranging Saccopteryx bilineata (Chiroptera: Emballonuridae)

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 463-475

  Voigt, Christian C ^a   Streich, W Jürgen ^a   Dehnhard, Martin ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavioral endocrinology; Challenge; Mating system; Saccopteryx; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

BAT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COURTSHIP; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; HORMONE; MALE BEHAVIOR; METABOLITE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; CHIROPTERA; EMBALLONURIDAE; MAMMALIA; SACCOPTERYX; SACCOPTERYX BILINEATA;

EID: 39149143072     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/1733-5329(2007)9[463:AOFTMA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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