Echolocation signals of the plecotine bat, Plecotus macrobullaris Kuzyakin, 1965

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 465-475

  Dietrich, Susanne ^a   Szameitat, Diana P ^a   Kiefer, Andreas ^b   Schnitzler, Hans Ulrich ^a   Denzinger, Annette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Echolocation; Foraging behaviour; Plecotus macrobullaris; Signal structure

Indexed keywords

BAT; ECHOLOCATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; SIGNALING;

PLECOTUS; PLECOTUS AURITUS; PLECOTUS AUSTRIACUS; PLECOTUS MACROBULLARIS;

EID: 33846549541     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/1733-5329(2006)8[465:ESOTPB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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