The social calls of Kuhl's pipistrelles Pipistrellus kuhlii (Kuhl, 1819): Structure and variation (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 249, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 476-481

  Russo, Danilo ^a   Jones, Gareth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Communication; Pipistrellus kuhlii; Social calls

Indexed keywords

BAT; CALLING BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CAMPANIA; ITALY;

CHIROPTERA; PIPISTRELLUS; PIPISTRELLUS KUHLI; PIPISTRELLUS KUHLII; PIPISTRELLUS PIPISTRELLUS; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 0033391989     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1999.tb01219.x     Document Type: Article

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