Prey-capture success revealed by echolocation signals in pipistrelle bats (Pipistrellus pygmaeus)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 93-104

  Surlykke, Annemarie ^a   Futtrup, Vibeke ^a   Tougaard, Jakob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biosonar signals; Dat; Echolocation; Pipistrellus pygmaeus; Post buzz phase; Prey capture

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE; FLYING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MALE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; PIPISTRELLUS; PIPISTRELLUS PYGMAEUS;

EID: 0037232715     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00049     Document Type: Article

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