In many respects, bats have relatively slow life histories. However, the reproductive rate of
bats (ie, the proportion of females that reproduce in any breeding season) has not been …

An individual's absolute fitness depends on the timing, quality, and quantity of reproduction.
This life history incorporates fundamental components of reproductive output and survival …

Publisher Summary The timing and frequency of reproduction are major determinants of life-
history strategies, which have evolved to maximize lifetime reproductive output, and thus to …

Knowledge relative to the reproduction of nonhibernating bats is reviewed. Events in the
male, as they are now understood, are summarized for all families for which data exist …

The reproduction of 37 species of bats from Malawi was investigated, and the strategies
(litter size and chronology) of seven species were determined. Reproduction was then …

The ecology of reproduction became firmly established as a discrete area of investigation
with the publication of Sadlier's monograph in 1969, The Ecology of Reproduction in Wild …

The insectivorous bat under review, Otomops martiensseni (Matschie) is essentially an
African bat with a distribution from down south to as far north as Kenya. It is cave‐dwelling …

Reproduction in bats from the temperate zones differs from the general mammalian pattern
with regard to long‐term sperm storage. In contrast to other mammals, female bats from the …

Publisher Summary This chapter describes the mating systems of bats, emphasizing
research from the last 20 years. For completeness, the chapter lists all species where mating …

Patterns of reproduction in African bats can be compared in three taxon-based groups: fruit
bats (Megachiroptera), freetailed bats (Microchiroptera: Molossidae) and the nonmolossid …