Territorial counter-singing in male sac-winged bats saccopteryx bilineata: Low-frequency songs trigger a stronger response

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 433-442

  Behr, Oliver ^a   Knörnschild, Mirjam ^a   Von Helversen, Otto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Honest signalling; Playbacks; Saccopteryx bilineata; Sexual selection; Song; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

BAT; BIOACOUSTICS; FIGHTING; HONEST SIGNALING; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MALE BEHAVIOR; SIGNALING; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALIA; CERVUS ELAPHUS; EMBALLONURIDAE; MAMMALIA; PAPIO; SACCOPTERYX BILINEATA;

EID: 60049099146     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0677-2     Document Type: Article

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