Beware of bats, beware of birds: The auditory responses of eared moths to bat and bird predation

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1333-1342

  Jacobs, David S ^a   Ratcliffe, John M ^b   Fullard, James H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allotonic frequency hypothesis; Audition; Bats; Birds; Moths; Predation

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; AUDITORY CUE; BAT; BIRD; DIET; HEARING; MOTH; PREDATION; VEGETATION;

AVES; LEPIDOPTERA; PYCNONOTUS CAPENSIS; RHINOLOPHIDAE; RHINOLOPHUS CAPENSIS;

EID: 56449100231     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arn071     Document Type: Article

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