Fruit detection and discrimination by small fruit-eating bats (Phyllostomidae): Echolocation call design and olfaction

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 12-23

  Korine, Carmi ^a,b   Kalko, Elisabeth K V ^a,c  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Artibeus; Foraging; Sensory cues; Vampyressa Ficus

Indexed keywords

BAT; CALLING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT;

ARTIBEUS; ARTIBEUS GLAUCUS WATSONI; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE; VAMPYRESSA; VAMPYRESSA PUSILLA;

EID: 27744519814     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0003-1     Document Type: Article

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