The tiny difference between foraging and communication buzzes uttered by the Mexican free-tailed bat, Tadarida brasiliensis

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 193, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 853-863

  Schwartz, Christine ^a   Tressler, Jedidiah ^a   Keller, Halli ^a   Vanzant, Marc ^a   Ezell, Sarah ^a   Smotherman, Michael ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Echolocation; Sensorimotor integration; Song; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOLOCATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; FEEDBACK; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 34547098099     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-007-0237-7     Document Type: Article

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