Structure of noseleaf, echolocation, and foraging behavior in the Phyllostomidae (Chiroptera)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 942-953

  Bogdanowicz, Wiesław ^a   Csada, Ryan D ^b   Fenton, M Brock ^c  

^a MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b York University ^*  (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Echolocation; Foraging behavior; Glossophaginae; Noseleaves; Phyllostomidae; Phyllostominae; Stenodermatinae

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CHIROPTERA; GLOSSOPHAGINAE; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE; PHYLLOSTOMINAE; STENODERMATINAE;

EID: 0001498244     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382954     Document Type: Article

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