The role of frugivory in the diversification of bats in the Neotropics

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1948-1960

  Rojas, Danny ^a   Vale, Ángel ^a   Ferrero, Victoria ^a,b   Navarro, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antilles; Diversification; Extinction; Frugivorous bats; Mutualism; Noctilionoidea; Phyllostomidae; Speciation; Timetree

Indexed keywords

BAT; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOTIC FACTOR; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOREGION; EXTINCTION; FRUGIVORY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MUTUALISM; NEOTROPIC ECOZONE; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES RICHNESS;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

PHYLLOSTOMIDAE;

EID: 84867724740     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02709.x     Document Type: Article

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