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Correlation of skull morphology and bite force in a bird-eating bat (Ia io; Vespertilionidae)
BACKGROUND: Genetic and ecological factors influence morphology, and morphology is compatible with function. The morphology and bite performance of skulls of bats show a number of characteristic feeding adaptations. The great evening bat, Ia io (Thomas, 1902), eats both insects and birds (Thabah et...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7082990/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32206076 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12983-020-00354-0 |