Spatiotemporal pattern of local sexual segregation in a tree-dwelling temperate bat Myotis daubentonii

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 271-278

  Encarnação, Jorge A ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Energy demand; Mating behavior; Sexual segregation; Vespertilionidae

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MYOTIS DAUBENTONI; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 84859879652     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-011-0323-8     Document Type: Article

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