Niche differentiation in two sympatric sibling bat species, scotophilus dinganii andscotophilus mhlanganii

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 879-887

  Jacobs, David S ^a   Barclay, Robert M R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bats; Competition; Diet; Echolocation; Ecomorphology; Evolution; Vespertilionidae

Indexed keywords

ASSORTATIVE MATING; BAT; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DIET; ECHOLOCATION; ECOMORPHOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENETIC DRIFT; HABITAT USE; INSECTIVORE; NICHE OVERLAP; NICHE PARTITIONING; PARAMETERIZATION; PHENOTYPE; RADIOTELEMETRY; SYMPATRY; WING MORPHOLOGY;

HEXAPODA; SCOTOPHILUS; SCOTOPHILUS DINGANII; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 77950833849     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/08-MAMM-A-235.1     Document Type: Article

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