Echolocation calls of the long-tailed bat: A quantitative analysis of types of calls

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 964-976

  Parsons, Stuart ^a   Thorpe, C William ^b   Dawson, Stephen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Chalinolobus tuberculatus; Echolocation; Multivariate analysis; Type of call

Indexed keywords

CHALINOLOBUS TUBERCULATUS; TUBERCULATUS;

EID: 0000454182     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382956     Document Type: Article

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