Modelling the prey detection performance of Rhinonicteris aurantia (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) in different atmospheric conditions discounts the notional role of relative humidity in adaptive evolution

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 278, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-54

  Armstrong, Kyle N ^a   Kerry, Leonard J ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Detection range; Echolocation; Ecological speciation; Hipposideridae; Relative humidity

Indexed keywords

ECHOLOCATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREY SIZE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; BAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOLOCATION; ECOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMIDITY; INSECT; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDATION; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PREY SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINONICTERIS AURANTIA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMIDITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SAMPLE SIZE; TEMPERATURE;

CHIROPTERA; HEXAPODA; RHINOLOPHIDAE; RHINONICTERIS AURANTIA;

EID: 79952734011     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.02.026     Document Type: Article

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