Vocalizations emitted during mother-young interactions by captive eastern red bats Lasiurus borealis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 477-484

  Schmidt French, Barbara ^a   Gillam, Erin ^b   Fenton, M Brock ^c  

^a BAT CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clicks; Echolocation; Frequency modulated signals; Harmonics; Lasiurus; Signatures

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; BAT; ECHOLOCATION; ROOSTING; SIGNALING; VOCALIZATION;

CHIROPTERA; LASIURUS; LASIURUS BOREALIS; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 33846553136     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/1733-5329(2006)8[477:VEDMIB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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