Reproductive phenologies of phyllostomid bats in Costa Rica

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1438-1448

  Durant, Kathryne A ^a   Hall, Ryan W ^a   Cisneros, Laura M ^a   Hyland, Rachael M ^a   Willig, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; frugivores; gleaning animalivores; nectarivores; Neotropics; reproduction; seasonality

Indexed keywords

BAT; FRUGIVORY; LIFE CYCLE; NATURAL SELECTION; NECTARIVORY; PHENOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SEED DISPERSAL;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 84890935095     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/13-MAMM-A-103.1     Document Type: Article

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