Relative size of hearts and lungs of small bats

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-72

  Canals, Mauricio ^a   Atala, Cristián ^b   Grossi, Bruno ^a   Iriarte Díaz, José ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometric relationships; Chile; Heart; Histiotus; Lung

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BAT;

HISTIOTUS; HISTIOTUS MACROTUS; HISTIOTUS MONTANUS; LASIURUS BOREALIS; MACROTUS; MAMMALIA; MORMOPTERUS; MYOTIS CHILOENSIS; TADARIDA BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 23044449320     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/1733-5329(2005)7[65:RSOHAL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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