Songs, scents, and senses: Sexual selection in the greater sac-winged bat, Saccopteryx bilineata

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1401-1410

  Voigt, Christian C ^a   Behr, Oliver ^b   Caspers, Barbara ^a   Von Helversen, Otto ^b   Knörnschild, Mirjam ^b   Mayer, Frieder ^b,c   Nagy, Martina ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c Museum of Natural History   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic signals; Female choice; Harem; Olfactory signals; Polygynous mating system; Sex biased dispersal; Visual signals

Indexed keywords

BAT; COURTSHIP; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; OLFACTION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SCENT MARKING; SEXUAL SELECTION; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SONG; TERRITORIALITY; VISUAL CUE;

MAMMALIA; SACCOPTERYX BILINEATA;

EID: 58149215793     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/08-MAMM-S-060.1     Document Type: Review

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