Unusual echolocation behavior in a small molossid bat, Molossops temminckii, that forages near background clutter

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1599-1613

  Guillén Servent, Antonio ^a   Ibáñez, Carlos ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Echolocation; Evolution; Foraging behavior; Molossops temminckii; Narrowband signals

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BAT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CALLING BEHAVIOR; ECHOLOCATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INSECT; MORPHOLOGY;

HEXAPODA; MOLOSSIDAE; MOLOSSOPS TEMMINCKII; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 34447122721     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0392-4     Document Type: Article

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