In the mating system of the bat Saccopteryx bilineata, bioacoustic constraints impede male eavesdropping on female echolocation calls for their surveillance

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 863-872

  Hoffmann, F F ^a,b   Hejduk, J ^c   Caspers, B ^a   Siemers, B M ^d   Voigt, C C ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; BIRDS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; TRACKING (POSITION);

ECHOLOCATION CALLS; MATING SYSTEM;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

BAT; BIOACOUSTICS; CALLING BEHAVIOR; ECHOLOCATION; POLYGYNY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SPERM COMPETITION; TRACKING;

CHIROPTERA; EMBALLONURIDAE; SACCOPTERYX BILINEATA;

EID: 36348961878     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z07-069     Document Type: Article

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