High-altitude pursuit of insects by echolocating bats

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 247-250

  Fenton, M B ^a   Griffin, D R ^b,c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Harvard Concord Field Station   (United States)

Author keywords

echolocation; foraging; high altitude bats

Indexed keywords

BRACHYSTEGIA; EMBALLONURIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MOLOSSIDAE;

EID: 0030990189     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382658     Document Type: Article

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