Echolocation and passive listening by foraging mouse-eared bats Myotis myotis and M. blythii

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 166-176

  Russo, Danilo ^a,b   Jones, Gareth ^b   Arlettaz, Raphaël ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bioacoustics; Cryptic species; Gleaning; Mouse eared bat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE; HEARING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE; MALE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

MYOTIS; MYOTIS MYOTIS;

EID: 33846536847     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02644     Document Type: Article

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