Echolocation signals reflect niche differentiation in five sympatric congeneric bat species

Nature

Volumn 429, Issue 6992, 2004, Pages 657-661

  Siemers, Björn M ^a   Schnitzler, Hans Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; SENSORS;

ECHOLOCATION SIGNALS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR;

ECOLOGY;

BAT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECHOLOCATION; GUILD STRUCTURE; NICHE PARTITIONING;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BAT; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONGENERIC SPECIES; ECHOLOCATION; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; FORAGING; FORELIMB; GUILD; INFRASPECIFIC RANK; MALE; MYOTIS; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; PREY SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY ECOLOGY; SENSORY SYSTEM; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECIES; SYMPATRY; ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FLYING; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TENEBRIO;

ANIMALIA; MYOTIS;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; DIET; ECHOLOCATION; ECOSYSTEM; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; PHYLOGENY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TENEBRIO; WING;

EID: 2942555439     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02547     Document Type: Article

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