Clinal variation in body size and sexual dimorphism in an Indian fruit bat, Cynopterus sphinx (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 17-31

  Storz, Jay F ^a   Balasingh, J ^b   Bhat, Hari R ^c   Nathan, Thiruchenthil P ^b   Swami Doss, Paramanantha D ^b   Prakash, Antony A ^b   Kunz, Thomas H ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b St John's College   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Bergmann's Rule; Chiroptera; Geographic variation; India; Morphological variation; Pteropodidae; Sexual selection; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

BAT; BERGMANN RULE; BODY SIZE; CLINE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

INDIA;

CYNOPTERUS SPHINX;

EID: 0035117680     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.2000.0482     Document Type: Article

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