The relative influence of competition and prey defenses on the phenotypic structure of insectivorous bat ensembles in Southern Africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Schoeman, M Corrie ^a,b   Jacobs, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNITY; ARTICLE; BAT; BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECHOLOCATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AFRICA, SOUTHERN; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CHIROPTERA; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECHOLOCATION; ECOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 56649086540     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003715     Document Type: Article

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