Odour-based species recognition in two sympatric species of sac-winged bats (Saccopteryx bilineata, S. leptura): Combining chemical analyses, behavioural observations and odour preference tests

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 741-749

  Caspers, Barbara A ^d   Schroeder, Frank C ^b   Franke, Stephan ^c   Streich, W Jürgen ^a   Voigt, Christian C ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b United States Department of Agriculture   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bats; Female choice; Saccopteryx bilineata; Saccopteryx leptura; Species recognition; Species specific scents

Indexed keywords

BAT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATE CHOICE; MATE RECOGNITION; MORPHOLOGY; ODOR; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SECRETION; SYMPATRY;

EMBALLONURIDAE; SACCOPTERYX; SACCOPTERYX BILINEATA; SACCOPTERYX LEPTURA;

EID: 61349193776     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0708-7     Document Type: Article

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