Comparing wing shape of bats: The merits of principal-components analysis and relative-warp analysis

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1187-1198

  Birch, James M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bats; Morphometrics; Principal components; Warp analysis; Wing shape

Indexed keywords

EPTESICUS FUSCUS; MOLOSSIDAE; MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS; PIPISTRELLUS HESPERUS; TADARIDA BRASILIENSIS; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 0000530438     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383062     Document Type: Article

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