Skull morphology of two cryptic bat species: Pipistrellus pipistrellus and P. pygmaeus-a 3D geometric morphometries approach with landmark reconstruction

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 113-126

  Sztencel Jablonka, Anna ^a   Jones, Gareth ^b   Bogdanowicz, Wieslław ^a  

^a MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryptic species; Diet; Geometric morphometries; Landmark reconstruction; Pipistrellus spp; Skull morphology

Indexed keywords

BAT; CRANIUM; DATA SET; DIET; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SKULL; TAXONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

PIPISTRELLUS; PIPISTRELLUS PIPISTRELLUS; PIPISTRELLUS PYGMAEUS;

EID: 68149167779     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/150811009X465730     Document Type: Article

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