Are megabats big

Journal of Mammalian Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 257-277

  Hutcheon, James M ^a   Garland Jr , Theodore ^b  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Chiroptera; comparative method; disparity; echolocation; independent contrast; Megachiroptera; Microchiroptera; phylogenetic signal; supertree; systematics

Indexed keywords

CHIROPTERA; MEGACHIROPTERA; MICROCHIROPTERA;

EID: 8544259621     PISSN: 10647554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOMM.0000047340.25620.89     Document Type: Article

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