The fruit bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) of the Lesio-Louna Reserve, Bateke Plateau, Republic of Congo

Mammalia

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-69

  King, Tony ^a   Dallimer, Martin ^b  

^a Aspinall Foundation   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central Africa; Epomops franqueti; Micropteropus pusillus; Reproductive synchrony; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

BAT; BREEDING SEASON; FOREST EDGE; JUVENILE; NATURE RESERVE; PLATEAU; SAVANNA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYNCHRONY;

CONGO;

CHIROPTERA; EPOMOPS FRANQUETI; HYPSIGNATHUS MONSTROSUS; MEGALOGLOSSUS WOERMANNI; MICROPTEROPUS PUSILLUS; MYONYCTERIS TORQUATA; PTEROPODIDAE;

EID: 77749234096     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: 18641547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/MAMM.2009.073     Document Type: Article

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