Variation of echolocation calls of Pteronotus quadridens (Chiroptera: Mormoopidae) in Cuba

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1428-1436

  Macías, Silvio ^a   Mora, Emanuel C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Bats; Call variation; Echolocation; Pteronotus quadridens

Indexed keywords

BAT; ECHOLOCATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES;

CHIROPTERA; MORMOOPIDAE; PTERONOTUS; PTERONOTUS QUADRIDENS;

EID: 0347627881     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/BWG-019     Document Type: Article

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