Character displacement and ecomorphological analysis of two long-eared myotis (M. auriculus and M. evotis)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 171-179

  Gannon, William L ^a   Rácz, Gábor R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeographic cline; Character displacement; Competitive exclusion; Geometric morphometrics; Interspecific competition; Trophic structure

Indexed keywords

BAT; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ECOMORPHOLOGY; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

COLEOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; MYOTIS AURICULUS; MYOTIS EVOTIS;

EID: 33644601033     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/05-MAMM-A-140R1.1     Document Type: Article

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