Structure and variability of bat social calls: Implications for specificity and individual recognition

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 261, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-33

  Pfalzer, Guido ^a   Kusch, Jürgen ^a  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bats; Chiroptera; Communication; Individual recognition; Social calls

Indexed keywords

BAT; CALLING BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; RECOGNITION;

CHIROPTERA; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 0141680480     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836903003935     Document Type: Article

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