Social calls coordinate foraging in greater spear-nosed bats

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 337-350

  Wilkinson, Gerald S ^a   Wenrick Boughman, Janette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; CALLING BEHAVIOUR; FORAGING;

CECROPIA PELTATA; OCHROMA LAGOPUS; PHYLLOSTOMUS HASTATUS;

EID: 0032008052     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1997.0557     Document Type: Article

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