Mean colony relatedness is a poor predictor of colony structure and female philopatry in the communally breeding Bechstein's bat (Myotis bechsteinii)

By G. Kerth, Kamran Safi, Barbara König. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2002

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Secretions of the interaural gland contain information about individuality and colony membership in the Bechstein's bat (2003, methodology): “Maternity colonies consist both of closely related and genetically unrelated females, and individual colony composition is stable over years (Kerth et al. 2000; 2002).”
High gene diversity at swarming sites suggest hot spots for gene flow in the endangered Bechstein's bat (2003, methodology): “Microgeographic genetic population analyses and extensive mark-recapture data revealed absolute female philopatry in the absence of physical dispersal barriers (Kerth et al. 2000, 2002a).”
Spacing and group coordination in a nocturnal primate, the golden brown mouse lemur (Microcebus ravelobensis): the role of olfactory and acoustic signals (2005, background): “…for a variety of animals which sleep in nests or tree holes, for example other nocturnal lemurs such as sportive lemurs (Rasoloharijaona et al. 2003), forkcrowned lemurs (Charles-Dominique and Petter 1980), fattailed dwarf lemurs (Müller 1999), and other mammals such as bats (Kerth et al. 2002).”