Mysterious Mystacina: How the New Zealand short-tailed bat (Mystacina tuberculata) locates insect prey

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 4209-4216

  Jones, Gareth ^a   Webb, Peter I ^b   Sedgeley, Jane A ^b   O'Donnell, Colin F J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bat; Clutter; Echolocation; Mystacina tuberculata; Predation; Sensory ecology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOLOCATION; FLYING; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NEW ZEALAND; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHIROPTERA; CUES; ECHOLOCATION; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; NEW ZEALAND; ORIENTATION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; WING;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; MYSTACINA; MYSTACINA TUBERCULATA;

EID: 0345801338     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00678     Document Type: Article

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