Echolocation and the thoracic skeletons of bats: A comparative morphological study

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 483-494

  DesRoche, Kristy ^a   Fenton, M Brock ^a   Lancaster, Winston C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Duty cycle; Echolocation; Morphology; Thoracic skeleton

Indexed keywords

BAT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ECHOLOCATION; FLIGHT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; SKELETON;

CHIROPTERA; EMBALLONURIDAE; MEGACHIROPTERA; MICROCHIROPTERA; MOLOSSIDAE; MORMOOPIDAE; PTERONOTUS PARNELLII; PTEROPODIDAE; RHINOLOPHIDAE; ROUSETTUS AEGYPTIACUS; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 39149143708     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/1733-5329(2007)9[483:EATTSO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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