An optimum body size for mammals? Comparative evidence from bats

Functional Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 751-756

  Jones, K E ^a   Purvis, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body size distribution; Chiroptera; Independent contrasts; Life history; Reproductive power

Indexed keywords

BAT; BODY SIZE; SMALL MAMMAL;

CHIROPTERA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031406053     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1997.00149.x     Document Type: Article

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