Chemically-mediated roostmate recognition and roost selection by Brazilian free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Englert, Amy C ^a   Greene, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BAT; BRAZIL; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TADARIDA BRASILIENSIS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; NESTING; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME;

CHIROPTERA; TADARIDA BRASILIENSIS;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAZIL; CHIROPTERA; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMELL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70450159349     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007781     Document Type: Article

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