Behavioural flexibility: The little brown bat, Myotis lucifugus, and the northern long-eared bat, M. septentrionalis, both glean and hawk prey

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 847-856

  Ratcliffe, John M ^a   Dawson, Jeff W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; ECHOLOCATION; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; PREY CAPTURE;

ACCIPITRINAE; MYOTIS; MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS; MYOTIS SEPTENTRIONALIS;

EID: 0344961396     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2297     Document Type: Article

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