Call parameters and facial features in bats: A surprising failure of form following function

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-16

  Goudy Trainor, Amanda ^a   Freeman, Patricia W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Call parameters; Chiroptera; Ears; Echolocation; Facial features; Muzzle length; Nasal and oral sound emission; Noseleaves

Indexed keywords

BAT; BODY SIZE; ECHOLOCATION; MORPHOLOGY;

CHIROPTERA;

EID: 0036352308     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/001.004.0102     Document Type: Article

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