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Common Noctule Bats Are Sexually Dimorphic in Migratory Behaviour and Body Size but Not Wing Shape

Within the large order of bats, sexual size dimorphism measured by forearm length and body mass is often female-biased. Several studies have explained this through the effects on load carrying during pregnancy, intrasexual competition, as well as the fecundity and thermoregulation advantages of incr...

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Autores principales: O’Mara, M. Teague, Bauer, Karla, Blank, Dominik, Baldwin, Justin W., Dechmann, Dina K. N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5120837/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27880791
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0167027

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