Roosting ecology and the evolution of pelage markings in bats

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Santana, Sharlene E ^a   Dial, Thomas O ^a   Eiting, Thomas P ^b   Alfaro, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAT; BODY SIZE; BODY SURFACE; CELL LINEAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PELAGE MARKING; PREDATION; SKIN APPENDAGE; SKIN COLOR; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; HISTOLOGY; NESTING; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHIROPTERA; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHENOMENA; LOGISTIC MODELS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION;

EID: 80053454234     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025845     Document Type: Article

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