Differences in the foraging behaviour of male and female egyptian fruit bats (rousettus aegyptiacus)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 466-473

  Barclay, R M R ^a,b   Jacobs, D S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; BODY SIZE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LACTATION; PREGNANCY; RADIOTELEMETRY; ROOSTING;

CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

ANIMALIA; ROUSETTUS AEGYPTIACUS;

EID: 79958823876     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: 14803283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z11-013     Document Type: Article

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