Resource partitioning by insectivorous bats in Jamaica

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 3648-3656

  Emrich, Matthew A ^a   Clare, Elizabeth L ^b   Symondson, William O C ^c   Koenig, Susan E ^d   Fenton, Melville Brock ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Windsor Research Centre   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

diet; echolocation; habitat use; wing morphology

Indexed keywords

MACROTUS WATERHOUSII; MOLOSSUS MOLOSSUS; MORMOOPS BLAINVILLII; PTERONOTUS MACLEAYII; PTERONOTUS PARNELLII; PTERONOTUS QUADRIDENS; TADARIDA BRASILIENSIS;

ANIMAL; BAT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET; ECHOLOCATION; ECOSYSTEM; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; JAMAICA; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMPATRY;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; DIET; ECHOLOCATION; ECOSYSTEM; JAMAICA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMPATRY; WING;

EID: 84904613602     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12504     Document Type: Conference Paper

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