Taxonomy, skull diversity and evolution in a species complex of Myotis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae): A geometric morphometric appraisal

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 529-538

  Evin, Allowen ^a,b   Baylac, Michel ^a,b   Ruedi, Manuel ^c   Mucedda, Mauro ^d   Pons, Jean Marc ^a  

^a Sorbonne Universités   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c MUSÉUM D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Cryptic diversity; Insularity; Morphological evolution; Systematics

Indexed keywords

BAT; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; PHYLOGENETICS; SKULL; TAXONOMY;

CHIROPTERA; MYOTIS; MYOTIS BLYTHII; MYOTIS MYOTIS; MYOTIS MYOTIS MYOTIS; MYOTIS PUNICUS; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 55349147724     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01076.x     Document Type: Article

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