Identification of british bat species by multivariate analysis of echolocation call parameters

Bioacoustics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 189-207

  Vaughan, Nancy ^a   Jones, Gareth ^a   Harris, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Discriminant analysis; Sonographic analysis; Spectrograms; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BAT; ECHOLOCATION;

UK;

EPTESICUS SEROTINUS; MYOTIS; NYCTALUS; PIPISTRELLUS; PLECOTUS; RHINOLOPHUS;

EID: 0031457951     PISSN: 09524622     EISSN: 21650586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09524622.1997.9753331     Document Type: Article

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