Connecting behaviour and performance: The evolution of biting behaviour and bite performance in bats

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2131-2145

  Santana, S E ^a   Dumont, E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancestral states; Behaviour; Bite force; Ecomorphology; Phyllostomidae; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; BAT; DIETARY SHIFT; ECOMORPHOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; FRUGIVORY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BAT; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MASTICATION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BITE FORCE; CHIROPTERA; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

HEXAPODA; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE;

EID: 70350426886     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01827.x     Document Type: Article

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