Hunting in unfamiliar space: Echolocation in the Indian false vampire bat, Megaderma lyra, when gleaning prey

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 157-164

  Ratcliffe, John M ^a,b   Raghuram, Hanumanthan ^b   Marimuthu, Ganapathy ^b   Fullard, James H ^a   Fenton, M Brock ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Echolocation; Orientation; Prey detection; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

BAT; ECHOLOCATION; MEMORY; PREY LOCATION; VISION;

CHIROPTERA; DESMODUS ROTUNDUS; MEGADERMA LYRA; MEGADERMATIDAE;

EID: 20444376203     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0912-z     Document Type: Article

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