Predictable timing of oestrus in the tropical bat Saccopteryx bilineata living in a Costa Rican rain forest

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 121-131

  Greiner, Sabine ^a,b   Schwarzenberger, Franz ^c   Voigt, Christian C ^a,b  

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

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; oestrus; photoperiod; polygynous mating system; predictability; Saccopteryx bilineata; seasonal reproduction; tropical bat

Indexed keywords

BAT; BREEDING SEASON; COLONY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; METABOLITE; NEOTROPIC ECOZONE; PHOTOPERIOD; RAINFALL; RAINFOREST; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEX HORMONE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

COSTA RICA;

MAMMALIA; SACCOPTERYX BILINEATA;

EID: 79957446319     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467410000696     Document Type: Article

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