Echolocation signal structure in the Megachiropteran bat Rousettus aegyptiacus Geoffroy 1810

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 25, 2004, Pages 4361-4369

  Holland, Richard A ^a   Waters, Dean A ^a   Rayner, Jeremy M V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bat; Click; Echolocation; Intensity; Megachiroptera; Rousettus aegyptiacus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CORYPHAENIDAE; MEGACHIROPTERA; MICROCHIROPTERA; ROUSETTUS; ROUSETTUS AEGYPTIACUS;

EID: 11444266052     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01288     Document Type: Article

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