Genetic divergence between morphologically and acoustically cryptic bats: Novel niche partitioning or recent contact?

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 279, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 388-395

  Sedlock, J L ^a,b   Weyandt, S E ^b,c  

^a LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranial morphology; Cryptic species; Echolocation; Mitochondrial DNA; Rhinolophidae

Indexed keywords

BAT; CRYPSIS; CYTOCHROME; ECHOLOCATION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HABITAT LOSS; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; NICHE PARTITIONING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SKULL; WING MORPHOLOGY;

RHINOLOPHIDAE; RHINOLOPHUS ARCUATUS;

EID: 70949087791     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2009.00634.x     Document Type: Article

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