Limiting similarity and species assemblages in the short-tailed fruit bats

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 273, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 249-256

  York, H A ^a   Papes, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Carollia; Diet; Morphology; Phyllostomidae; Resource partitioning; Species assemblage

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BAT; COEXISTENCE; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; SIMILARITY INDEX; SYMPATRY; TAXONOMY;

AZTECA; CAROLLIA; CAROLLIA BREVICAUDA; CAROLLIA CASTANEA; CAROLLIA PERSPICILLATA; CAROLLIA SOWELLI; CAROLLIA SUBRUFA; CHIROPTERA; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE;

EID: 35349007976     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2007.00321.x     Document Type: Article

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