Morphological correlates of bite force and diet in the skull and mandible of phyllostomid bats

Functional Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 715-723

  Nogueira, Marcelo R ^a   Peracchi, Adriano L ^b   Monteiro, Leandro R ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Comparative methods; Feeding specialization; Geometric shape; Phyllostomidae

Indexed keywords

BAT; CRANIUM; DIET; DIVERGENCE; MORPHOLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SHAPE; SKULL;

CHIROPTERA; METATHERIA; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67649661668     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2009.01549.x     Document Type: Article

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