Cranial differentiation of fruit-eating bats (Genus Artibeus) based on size-standardized data

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 143-154

  Marchan Rivadeneira, Maria R ^a   Phillips, Carleton J ^a   Strauss, Richard E ^a   Antonio Guerrero, Jose ^b   Mancina, Carlos A ^c   Baker, Robert J ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

^c CITMA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Extinct and extant taxa; Geometric and linear morphometrics; Neotropics

Indexed keywords

BAT; CRANIUM; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOTROPIC ECOZONE; SKULL; TAXONOMY;

ARTIBEUS; ARTIBEUS CONCOLOR;

EID: 77953234708     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/150811010X504644     Document Type: Article

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