Behavioural response of bats to perceived predation risk while foraging

Ethology

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 977-983

  Baxter, Daniel J M ^a   Psyllakis, Jennifer M ^a   Gillingham, Michael P ^a   O'Brien, Erin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BAT; CALLING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MORTALITY; PREDATION RISK;

NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 33748793362     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2006.01249.x     Document Type: Article

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