Feeding mechanisms in bats: Variation within the constraints of flight

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 137-146

  Dumont, Elizabeth R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 38749106660     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icm007     Document Type: Article

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