Variation in the frequency of the echolocation calls of Hipposideros ruber in the Gulf of Guinea: An exploration of the adaptive meaning of the constant frequency value in rhinolophoid CF bats

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 70-80

  Guillen A ^a,b   Juste B, J ^b,c   Ibanez C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Chiroptera; Constant frequency; Echolocation; Geographical variation; Hipposideros ruber; Humidity; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BAT; ECHOLOCATION; EVOLUTION;

HIPPOSIDEROS RUBER;

EID: 0033957282     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2000.00155.x     Document Type: Article

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