Bat echolocation calls: Adaptation and convergent evolution

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1612, 2007, Pages 905-912

  Jones, Gareth ^a   Holderied, Marc W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Bats; Convergent evolution; Echolocation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; ADAPTATION; BAT; CALLING BEHAVIOR; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; ECHOLOCATION; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; NATURAL SELECTION; NICHE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

ACOUSTICS; ADAPTATION; BAT; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; ECHOLOCATION; FLIGHT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOMICS; HABITAT; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VELOCITY; VOCALIZATION; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FLYING; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; ECOSYSTEM; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 34248551283     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.0200     Document Type: Review

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