What story does geographic separation of insular bats tell? A case study on Sardinian rhinolophids

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Russo, Danilo ^a,b   Di Febbraro, Mirko ^c   Rebelo, Hugo ^b,d   Mucedda, Mauro ^e   Cistrone, Luca ^f   Agnelli, Paolo ^g   De Pasquale, Pier Paolo ^h   Martinoli, Adriano ⁱ   Scaravelli, Dino ^j   Spilinga, Cristiano ^k   Luciano, Bosso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^e Centro per lo Studio e la Protezione dei Pipistrelli in Sardegna   (Italy)

^f Forestry and Conservation   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^h Wildlife Consulting   (Italy)

ⁱ Guido Tosi Research Group   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^k Studio Naturalistico Hyla SNC   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAT; CASE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; GEOGRAPHY; HOME RANGE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; ITALY; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; NONHUMAN; NORTH AFRICA; RHINOLOPHUS EURYALE; RHINOLOPHUS MEHELYI; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SYMPATRY; AFRICA; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; SOFTWARE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

RHINOLOPHIDAE;

AFRICA; AFRICA, NORTHERN; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; BIODIVERSITY; CHIROPTERA; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84908635213     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110894     Document Type: Article

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