Presence of single as well as double clicks in the echolocation signals of a fruit bat, Rousettus leschenaulti (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae)

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-38

  Raghuram, Hanumanthan ^a,b   Gopukumar, Nagappan ^a,c   Sripathi, Kandula ^a  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^c University Grants Commission   (India)

Author keywords

Clicks; Echolocation; Fulvous fruit bat

Indexed keywords

BAT; CALLING BEHAVIOR; ECHOLOCATION; EVOLUTION; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; SIGNALING;

CHIROPTERA; MEGACHIROPTERA; MICROCHIROPTERA; PTEROPODIDAE; ROUSETTUS LESCHENAULTI;

EID: 34248383206     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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