Echolocation of three species of sac-winged bats (Balantiopteryx)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1049-1057

  Ibáñez, Carlos ^a   Juste, Javier ^a   López Wilchis, Ricardo ^b   Luis Albuja, V ^c   Núñez Garduño, Arturo ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

^c ESCUELA POLITÉCNICA NACIONAL   (Ecuador)

^d UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Balantiopteryx; Bats; Body size; Echolocation; Emballonuridae; Habitat

Indexed keywords

BAT; BODY SIZE; ECHOLOCATION; HABITAT;

BALANTIOPTERYX; BALANTIOPTERYX INFUSCA; BALANTIOPTERYX IO; BALANTIOPTERYX PLICATA; EMBALLONURIDAE;

EID: 0036862433     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2002)083<1049:EOTSOS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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