Morphological and genetic variation in Mormopterus jugularis (Chiroptera: Molossidae) in different bioclimatic regions of Madagascar with natural history notes

Mammalia

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 110-129

  Ratrimomanarivo, Fanja H ^a,b   Goodman, Steven M ^b,c   Taylor, Peter J ^d   Melson, Bronwyn ^e   Lamb, Jennifer ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^b Vahatra   (Madagascar)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^d Durban Natural Science Museum   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Genetics; Madagascar; Mormopterus; Morphology; Natural history

Indexed keywords

BAT; BIOCLIMATOLOGY; CRANIUM; DENTITION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HOMOGENEITY; MORPHOLOGY; NEUTRALIZATION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

CHIROPTERA; MOLOSSIDAE; MORMOPTERUS; MORMOPTERUS JUGULARIS;

EID: 67249146478     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: 18641547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/MAMM.2009.032     Document Type: Article

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