Bat attacks and moth defensive behaviour around street lights

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-33

  Acharya, Lalita ^a,b   Fenton, M Brock ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Université Laval   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BAT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MOTH; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY CAPTURE; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0033401127     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z98-202     Document Type: Article

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