Behavioral responses of big brown bats to dives by praying mantises

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 693-703

  Ghose, Kaushik ^a,b   Triblehorn, Jeffrey D ^a,c   Bohn, Kari ^a   Yager, David D ^a   Moss, Cynthia F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Bat; Echolocation; Evasion; Insect; Predator prey

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; ECHOLOCATION; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FLYING; MALE; MANTODEA; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; ESCAPE REACTION; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MALE; MANTODEA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; ULTRASONICS;

EPTESICUS; EPTESICUS FUSCUS; HEXAPODA; MANTIS; MANTIS RELIGIOSA; MANTODEA;

EID: 62849126890     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.019380     Document Type: Article

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