The allometry of echolocation call frequencies of insectivorous bats: Why do some species deviate from the pattern?

Oecologia

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 583-594

  Jacobs, David S ^a   Barclay, Robert M R ^a,b   Walker, Maryalice H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diet; Foraging habitat; Morphology; Rhinolophus; Sonar partitioning

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BAT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; ECHOLOCATION; FEEDING GROUND; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INSECT; PREY LOCATION; RANGE SIZE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOLOCATION; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WING;

HEXAPODA; MYOTIS; RHINOLOPHIDAE; RHINOLOPHUS; RHINOLOPHUS CAPENSIS; RHINOLOPHUS CLIVOSUS;

EID: 34248662397     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0679-1     Document Type: Article

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