Prey conspicuousness can explain apparent prey selectivity [2]

Current Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Siemers, Björn M ^a   Güttinger, René ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; BAT; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; LETTER; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SOUND;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; CHIROPTERA; ECOSYSTEM; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SOUND;

EID: 33644765781     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.02.056     Document Type: Letter

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