Group hunting - A reason for sociality in molossid bats?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Dechmann, Dina K N ^a,b   Kranstauber, Bart ^b   Gibbs, David ^c   Wikelski, Martin ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUNTING; ANIMAL SOCIETY; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; BAT; EPHEMERAL SPECIES; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOOD; FORAGING; GROUP DYNAMICS; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION; INSECT; MALE; MOLOSSUS MOLOSSUS; NONHUMAN; PANAMA; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TELEMETRY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECHOLOCATION; FLYING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; MOLOSSIDAE; MOLOSSUS MOLOSSUS;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PANAMA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77949403393     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009012     Document Type: Article

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