Variation in the echolocation calls of little brown bats (myotis lucifugus) in response to different habitats

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 99-108

  Wund, Matthew A ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; ECHOLOCATION; HABITAT USE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; PREY CAPTURE; SOUND PROPAGATION; SOUND SCATTERING;

MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS;

EID: 33748151405     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2006)156[99:VITECO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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