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What mechanism of niche segregation allows the coexistence of sympatric sibling rhinolophid bats?

INTRODUCTION: Our purpose was to assess how pairs of sibling horseshoe bats coexists when their morphology and echolocation are almost identical. We collected data on echolocation, wing morphology, diet, and habitat use of sympatric Rhinolophus mehelyi and R. euryale. We compared our results with li...

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Autores principales: Salsamendi, Egoitz, Garin, Inazio, Arostegui, Inmaculada, Goiti, Urtzi, Aihartza, Joxerra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3542077/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23148596
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-9-30