Latitudinal gradients in the phenetic diversity of New World bat communities

Oikos

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-50

  Stevens, Richard D ^a,b   Willig, Michael R ^a   Strauss, Richard E ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PHENOTYPE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 33645128536     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2006.13167.x     Document Type: Article

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