Coexistence of two sympatric and morphologically similar bat species Rhinolophus affinis and Rhinolophus pearsoni

Progress in Natural Science

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 523-532

  Jiang, Tinglei ^a   Jiang, Feng ^a   Sun, Keping ^a   Wang, Jing ^a  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bats; Foraging strategies; Niche differentiation; Prey richness; Species coexistence

Indexed keywords

MAMMALS;

BAT; DOMINANT FREQUENCY; ECHOLOCATION CALLS; FORAGING STRATEGY; NICHE DIFFERENTIATION; PAIR-WISE COMPARISON; PREY RICHNESS; PREY SELECTION; SPECIES COEXISTENCE; SYMPATRIC SPECIES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 43749091579     PISSN: 10020071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnsc.2007.12.005     Document Type: Article

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