Bat Species Comparisons Based on External Morphology: A Test of Traditional versus Geometric Morphometric Approaches

• Daniela A. Schmieder ,

  * E-mail: dschmieder@orn.mpg.de

  Affiliations Sensory Ecology Group, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Seewiesen, Germany, Conservation Biology, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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• Hugo A. Benítez,

  Affiliations Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, Instituto de Alta Investigación, Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica, Chile

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• Ivailo M. Borissov,

  Affiliations Sensory Ecology Group, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Seewiesen, Germany, Department of Zoology, University of Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel

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• Carmelo Fruciano

  Affiliations Lehrstuhl für Zoologie und Evolutionsbiologie, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany, Department of Biological, Zoological and Environmental Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

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