Divergent echolocation call frequencies in insular rhinolophids (Chiroptera): A case of character displacement?

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2129-2138

  Russo, Danilo ^a,b   Mucedda, Mauro ^c   Bello, Monica ^a   Biscardi, Stefania ^d   Pidinchedda, Ermanno ^c   Jones, Gareth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Centro per lo Studio e la Protezione dei Pipistrelli in Sardegna   (Italy)

^d Ministero Dell' Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio e del Mare   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allopatry; Bats; Character displacement; Cultural transmission; Geographical separation; Islands; Mediterranean; Resource partitioning; Sympatry

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; BAT; BODY SIZE; CALLING BEHAVIOR; CHARACTER DISPLACEMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSPECIFIC; DIVERGENCE; ECHOLOCATION; EVOLUTION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; RECOGNITION; SYMPATRY;

ABRUZZI; CAMPANIA [ITALY]; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAZIO; SARDINIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CHIROPTERA; RHINOLOPHIDAE; RHINOLOPHUS EURYALE; RHINOLOPHUS HIPPOSIDEROS; RHINOLOPHUS MEHELYI;

EID: 36248956049     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01762.x     Document Type: Article

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