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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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Autores principales: Shi, Biye, Wang, Yuze, Gong, Lixin, Chang, Yang, Liu, Tong, Zhao, Xin, Lin, Aiqing, Feng, Jiang, Jiang, Tinglei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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

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