Antiphonal calling allows individual discrimination in white-winged vampire bats

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1343-1355

  Carter, Gerald G ^a   Skowronski, Mark D ^a   Faure, Paul A ^b   Fenton, Brock ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

antiphonal calling; contact call; Diaemus youngi; individual recognition; vocal communication; white winged vampire bat

Indexed keywords

BAT; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; JUVENILE; MATERNAL CARE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION; WING;

DIAEMUS YOUNGI;

EID: 51549101987     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.04.023     Document Type: Article

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