Analysis of Spix's disc-winged bat association patterns and roosting home ranges reveal a novel social structure among bats

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 507-521

  Vonhof, Maarten J ^a,c   Whitehead, Hal ^b   Fenton, M Brock ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; HOME RANGE; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; ROOST SITE; ROOSTING; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CALATHEA; HELICONIA; MAMMALIA; THYROPTERA TRICOLOR;

EID: 7944229397     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.08.025     Document Type: Article

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