Big brown bats and June beetles: Multiple pursuit strategies in a seasonal acoustic predator-prey system

Acoustic Research Letters Online

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 238-242

  Simmons, James A ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 30844443509     PISSN: 15297853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1985957     Document Type: Article

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