The role of echolocation in the hunting of terrestrial prey - New evidence for an underestimated strategy in the gleaning bat, Megaderma lyra

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 186, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 975-988

  Schmidt, Sabine ^a   Hanke, Silja ^a   Pillat, Jurgen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bat; Echolocation; Foraging; Gleaning; Prey specific acoustic behaviour

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; DARKNESS; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE; FLYING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; DARKNESS; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MALE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0033662721     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590000151     Document Type: Article

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