Calls in the forest: A comparative approach to how bats find tree cavities

Ethology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 167-177

  Ruczyński, Ireneusz ^a   Kalko, Elisabeth K V ^b,c   Siemers, Björn M ^d  

^a MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; CALLING BEHAVIOR; CAPTIVITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSPECIFIC; ECHOLOCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; HABITAT SELECTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; SYMPATRY; TEMPERATE FOREST; TREEHOLE;

MYOTIS DAUBENTONI; NYCTALUS NOCTULA; PLECOTUS AURITUS;

EID: 58449094896     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2008.01599.x     Document Type: Article

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