The effect of recording situation on the echolocation calls of the new zealand lesser short-tailed bat (Mystacina tuberculata gray)

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 147-156

  Parsons, Stuart ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Echolocation; Foraging; Lesser short tailed bat; Mystacina tuberculata; Recording situation; Sex

Indexed keywords

ECHOLOCATION; LESSER SHORT-TAILED BAT;

MYSTACINA TUBERCULATA;

EID: 0031716473     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1998.9518145     Document Type: Article

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