We propose a practical concept that distinguishes the particular kind of weaponry that has
evolved to be used in combat between individuals of the same species and sex, which we …

The general belief that cooperation and altruism in social groups result primarily from kin
selection has recently been challenged, not least because results from cooperatively …

Bats occupy a wide variety of roosts in both natural and manmade structures. More than half
of the approximately 1,100 species of living bats use plants exclusively or opportunistically …

Order Chiroptera, suborder Microchiroptera, family Phyllostomidae, subfamily
Stenodermatinae, tribe Stenodermatini (Baker et al. 1989). A. fraterculus and A. planirostris …

Among mammals, bats exhibit extreme variation in sociality, with some species living largely
solitary lives while others form colonies of more than a million individuals. Some tropical …

We analysed variation at 14 nuclear microsatellite loci to assess the genetic structure,
relatedness, and paternity of polygynous Jamaican fruit‐eating bats. A total of 84 adults …

En las últimas dos décadas la creciente información sobre los patrones de distribución de
los mamíferos del mundo ha dejado claro que México, junto con Brasil e Indonesia, son los …

Highlights•We studied male aggression in the polygynous Neotropical bat Carollia
perspicillata.•Aggressive male interactions follow a ritualized pattern.•Three different …

The vast majority of bats strongly depend on, but do not make, shelters or roosts. We
investigated Lophostoma silvicolum, which roosts in active termite nests excavated by the …

Dinosaur behaviour has little legacy in the fossil record and the rarity of fossil soft tissues
makes it difficult to evaluate. Indirect evidence from bonebeds, trackways, nesting traces and …