Wing measurement variations in the five European horseshoe bat species (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1241-1251

  Dietz, Christian ^a   Dietz, Isabel ^a   Siemers, Björn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Guild structure; Rhinolophus; Wing measurements; Wing morphology

Indexed keywords

BAT; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GUILD STRUCTURE; MORPHOMETRY; NICHE PARTITIONING; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SYMPATRY; WING MORPHOLOGY;

BULGARIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TURKEY;

CHIROPTERA; RHINOLOPHIDAE; RHINOLOPHUS; RHINOLOPHUS BLASII; RHINOLOPHUS EURYALE; RHINOLOPHUS FERRUMEQUINUM; RHINOLOPHUS HIPPOSIDEROS; RHINOLOPHUS MEHELYI;

EID: 33846113810     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/05-MAMM-A-299R2.1     Document Type: Review

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