Dorsal patch and chemical signaling in males of the long-nosed bat, leptonycteris curasoae (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1139-1147

  Muñoz Romo, Mariana ^a,b   Kunz, Thomas H ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Body fluids; Chemical communication; Leptonycteris curasoae; Long nosed bat; Mating; Odor; Smearing behavior

Indexed keywords

BAT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY CONDITION; BODY FLUID; BODY MASS; BREEDING SEASON; ECTOPARASITE; MATE CHOICE; SECRETION; STEREOTYPIC BEHAVIOR;

CHIROPTERA; LEPTONYCTERIS CURASOAE; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE;

EID: 70350494541     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/08-MAMM-A-324.1     Document Type: Article

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