Temporal and spatial distribution of male scent marks in the polygynous greater sac-winged bat

Ethology

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 713-720

  Caspers, Barbara A ^a,b   Voigt, Christian C ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; COURTSHIP; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MALE; MATE CHOICE; OLFACTORY CUE; POLYGYNY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SCENT MARKING; SECRETION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TERRITORIALITY;

SACCOPTERYX BILINEATA;

EID: 67651163562     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2009.01651.x     Document Type: Article

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