An association between ear and tail morphologies of bats and their foraging style

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 90-99

  Gardiner, James D ^a   Codd, Jonathan R ^a   Nudds, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BAT; BIOACOUSTICS; BODY SIZE; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; FLIGHT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MORPHOLOGY; TRADE-OFF; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 79953131079     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: 14803283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z10-096     Document Type: Article

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