Echolocation call production during aerial and terrestrial locomotion by New Zealand's enigmatic lesser short-tailed bat, Mystacina tuberculata

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 551-557

  Parsons, Stuart ^a   Riskin, Daniel K ^b,c   Hermanson, John W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Echolocation; Flight; Linkage; Mystacina tuberculata; Terrestrial locomotion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE; FLYING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NEW ZEALAND;

MYSTACINA TUBERCULATA;

EID: 76149136013     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.039008     Document Type: Article

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