Compromises: Sound frequencies used in echolocation by aerial-feeding bats

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1174-1182

  Fenton, M B ^a   Portfors, C V ^b   Rautenbach, I L ^c   Waterman, J M ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Transvaal Museum   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MOLOSSIDAE; TADARIDA;

EID: 0032408966     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z98-043     Document Type: Article

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