Function of male song in the greater white-lined bat, Saccopteryx bilineata

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 883-891

  Davidson, Susan M ^a   Wilkinson, Gerald S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; SONG; VOCALIZATION;

AVES; MAMMALIA; SACCOPTERYX BILINEATA;

EID: 2442534850     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.06.016     Document Type: Article

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