Morphological variation in the short-tailed fruit bat (Carollia) in Ecuador, with comments on the practical and philosophical aspects of boundaries among species

Integrative Zoology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 226-240

  Jarrín V , Pablo ^a,b   Flores, Cristina ^c   Salcedo, Janeth ^c  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Boundaries; Carollia; Character state; Discriminant; Morphometrics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SKULL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CHIROPTERA; ECOSYSTEM; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GENETIC SPECIATION; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKULL;

CAROLLIA; CAROLLIA BREVICAUDA;

EID: 78651266933     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17494877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4877.2010.00208.x     Document Type: Article

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