Who swarms with whom? Group dynamics of Myotis bats during autumn swarming

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 866-876

  Burns, Lynne E ^a   Broders, Hugh G ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Associations; Chiroptera; Coalitions; Group dynamics; Pairwise relatedness; Sociality.

Indexed keywords

AGE; ASSORTATIVE MATING; BAT; CAPTURE METHOD; FITNESS; GROUP BEHAVIOR; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MATERNAL CARE; RELATEDNESS; SWARMING;

ANIMALIA; CHIROPTERA; MYOTIS; MYOTIS KEENII; MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS; MYOTIS SEPTENTRIONALIS;

EID: 84941626814     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arv017     Document Type: Article

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