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Longevity in the European free-tailed bat (Tadarida teniotis)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 April 2001

C. Ibáñez  and
J. L. Pérez-Jordá
C. Ibáñez
Affiliation:
Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC), Apartado 1056, 41080 Sevilla, Spain
J. L. Pérez-Jordá
Affiliation:
Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC), Apartado 1056, 41080 Sevilla, Spain Present address: Department of Zoology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB9 2TN, Scotland.
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Abstract

Numerous studies have documented that bats are unusually long-lived for small mammals (Tuttle & Stevenson, 1982; Jürgens & Prothero, 1987 and references therein). In the absence of data on overall population dynamics, longevity can be an important demographic parameter for interspecific comparisons (Tuttle & Stevenson, 1982). Here, we present the first data on the longevity of a small population of Tadarida teniotis.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Journal of Zoology , Volume 245 , Issue 2 , June 1998 , pp. 213 - 214
Copyright
© 1998 The Zoological Society of London

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