Influence of age, sex and body size on echolocation calls of Mediterranean and Mehely's horseshoe bats, Rhinolophus euryale and R. mehelyi (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae)

Mammalia

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 429-436

  Russo, D ^a   Jones, G ^a   Mucedda, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Echolocation calls; Horseshoe bats; Peak frequency; Rhinolophidae; Southern Italy and Sardinia

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; BODY CONDITION; BODY SIZE; CALLING BEHAVIOR; ECHOLOCATION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

ITALY;

CHIROPTERA; RHINOLOPHIDAE; RHINOLOPHUS; RHINOLOPHUS EURYALE; RHINOLOPHUS MEHELYI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035709575     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.2001.65.4.429     Document Type: Article

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