An experimental test of clutter tolerance in bats

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 216-224

  Sleep, Darren J H ^a   Brigham, R Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Echolocation; Ecomorphology; Eptesicus fuscus; Foraging; Habitat use; Lasionycteris noctivagans; Lasiurus cinereus; Myotis lucifugus; Resource partitioning

Indexed keywords

BAT; ECHOLOCATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; EPTESICUS FUSCUS; HEXAPODA; LASIONYCTERIS NOCTIVAGANS; LASIURUS CINEREUS; MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS;

EID: 0037331095     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2003)084<0216:AETOCT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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