Geographical variation in echolocation call and body size of the Okinawan least horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus pumilus (Mammalia: Rhinolophidae), on Okinawa-jima Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan

Zoological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 661-667

  Yoshino, Hajime ^a,e   Matsumura, Sumiko ^b   Kinjo, Kazumitsu ^c   Tamura, Hisao ^d   Ota, Hidetoshi ^a   Izawa, Masako ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OKINAWA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Asian Bat Research Institute   (Japan)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body size; CF; Echolocation call; Okinawa jima Island; Rhinolophus pumilus; Within island variation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BODY SIZE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECHOLOCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; JAPAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND DETECTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CHIROPTERA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; ECHOLOCATION; JAPAN; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

MAMMALIA; RHINOLOPHIDAE; RHINOLOPHUS PUMILUS; RHINOLOPHUS PUSILLUS;

EID: 33750356012     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.23.661     Document Type: Article

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