Duration of courtship displays corresponds to social status in male greater sac-winged bats (Saccopteryx bilineata)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 589-594

  Knornschild M ^a   Fulmer, A G ^b   von Helversen, O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; BAT; COURTSHIP; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; MALE; POLYGYNY; ROOSTING; SOCIAL STATUS; TERRITORY;

SACCOPTERYX BILINEATA;

EID: 77953565291     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z10-028     Document Type: Article

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