Body size and resource competition in New World bats: A test of spatial scaling laws

Ecography

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 460-468

  Bloch, Christopher P ^a   Stevens, Richard D ^b   Willig, Michael R ^c  

^a BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; BODY SIZE; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INSECTIVORE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

EID: 79957834511     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06270.x     Document Type: Article

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