Correlations between call frequency and ear length in bats belonging to the families Rhinolophidae and Hipposideridae

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 259, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 189-195

  Huihua, Zhao ^a,b   Shuyi, Zhang ^a   Mingxue, Zuo ^b   Jiang, Zhou ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GUIZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Call frequency; Correlation; Ear length; Hipposideridae; Rhinolophidae

Indexed keywords

BAT; BODY SIZE; CALLING BEHAVIOR; ECHOLOCATION; MORPHOLOGY;

CHINA;

RHINOLOPHIDAE;

EID: 0037325014     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836902003199     Document Type: Article

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