Ground gleaning in horseshoe bats: Comparative evidence from Rhinolophus blasii, R. euryale and R. mehelyi

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 464-471

  Siemers, Björn M ^a   Ivanova, Teodora ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Echolocation flutter; Foraging; Prey detection

Indexed keywords

BAT; ECHOLOCATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREY CAPTURE; PREY LOCATION;

CHIROPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; RHINOLOPHUS; RHINOLOPHUS BLASII; RHINOLOPHUS EURYALE; RHINOLOPHUS MEHELYI;

EID: 4544297288     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-004-0807-4     Document Type: Article

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