Social structure and mating system of the buffy flower bat, Erophylla sezekorni (Chiroptera, phyllostomidae)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1391-1400

  Murray, Kevin L ^a   Fleming, Theodore H ^a  

^a University of Miami   (United States)

Author keywords

Buffy flower bat; Erophylla sezekorni; Leks; Male display; Mating territories; Phyllostomidae

Indexed keywords

BAT; BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MATING BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PATERNITY; POLYGYNY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SECRETION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SUBSPECIES;

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

ALLIUM SATIVUM; CHIROPTERA; EROPHYLLA SEZEKORNI; GLOSSOPHAGINAE; MAMMALIA; PHYLLONYCTERINAE; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE;

EID: 58149234801     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/08-MAMM-S-068.1     Document Type: Article

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