Surviving cave bats: Auditory and behavioural defences in the Australian noctuid moth, Speiredonia spectans

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 3808-3815

  Fullard, James H ^a   Jackson, Matt E ^a   Jacobs, David S ^b   Pavey, Chris R ^c   Burwell, Chris J ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE SUPERVISING SCIENTIST   (Australia)

^d QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

^e GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bat echolocation; Moth ears; Predator; Prey; Sensory ecology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BAT; CLASSIFICATION; EAR; ECHOLOCATION; FLYING; HEARING; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHIROPTERA; EAR; ECHOLOCATION; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; HEARING; MOTHS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

HIPPOSIDEROS ATER; LEPIDOPTERA; MINIOPTERUS AUSTRALIS; NOCTUIDAE; RHINOLOPHUS MEGAPHYLLUS; SPEIREDONIA SPECTANS;

EID: 57449115174     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.023978     Document Type: Article

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