Echolocation calls in Central American emballonurid bats: Signal design and call frequency alternation

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 272, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 125-137

  Jung, K ^a,b   Kalko, E K V ^a,c   Von Helversen, O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Call frequency alternation; Echolocation call design; Emballonuridae; Foraging habitat

Indexed keywords

BAT; BODY SIZE; CALLING BEHAVIOR; DESIGN; ECHOLOCATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT TYPE; INSECTIVORE;

CENTRAL AMERICA;

EMBALLONURIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 34248672859     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00250.x     Document Type: Article

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