Echolocation range and wingbeat period match in aerial-hawking bats

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1530, 2003, Pages 2293-2299

  Holderied, M W ^a,b   Von Helversen, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerial hawking bat; Detection range; Echolocation; Source level; Wingbeat period

Indexed keywords

BAT; ECHOLOCATION; FLIGHT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ARTICLE; BAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOLOCATION; FLIGHT; FORELIMB; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND PRESSURE;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0242468776     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2487     Document Type: Article

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