Echolocation call frequency differences between geographic isolates of Rhinonicteris aurantia (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae): Implications of nasal chamber size

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 94-104

  Armstrong, Kyle N ^a   Coles, Roger B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allopatry; Ecologically adaptive trait; Geographic groups; Nasal chamber; Pilbara; Resting frequency

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLOPATRY; BAT; BODY SIZE; CALLING BEHAVIOR; ECHOLOCATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; ISOLATED POPULATION; MORPHOLOGY; OLFACTION; SIZE EFFECT;

AFRICA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; KIMBERLEY; NORTHERN CAPE; NORTHERN TERRITORY; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CHIROPTERA; RHINOLOPHIDAE; RHINONICTERIS AURANTIA;

EID: 33847659639     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/06-MAMM-A-115R1.1     Document Type: Article

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