A comparison of the performance of a brand of broad-band and several brands of narrow-band bat detectors in two different habitat types

Bioacoustics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-43

  Parsons, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bat detector; Comparison; Habitat; Transmission; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BAT DETECTOR; FOREST; GRASSLAND; PERFORMANCE COMPARISON;

CHIROPTERA;

EID: 0030428103     PISSN: 09524622     EISSN: 21650586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09524622.1996.9753313     Document Type: Article

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