Habitat variation and jamming avoidance in echolocation calls of the sac-winged bat (Balantiopteryx plicata)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 38-42

  Ibáñez, Carlos ^a   Juste, Javier ^a   López Wilchis, Ricardo ^b   Núñez Garduño, Arturo ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Balantiopteryx plicata; Echolocation; Habitat; Jamming avoidance; Variation

Indexed keywords

BAT; CALLING BEHAVIOR; ECHOLOCATION; HABITAT;

BALANTIOPTERYX PLICATA; EMBALLONURIDAE;

EID: 1542348966     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2004)085<0038:HVAJAI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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