Ethanol ingestion affects flight performance and echolocation in Egyptian fruit bats

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 555-558

  Sánchez, Francisco ^a,d   Melcón, Mariana ^c   Korine, Carmi ^a,b   Pinshow, Berry ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Ramon Science Center   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE CIENCIAS APLICADAS Y AMBIENTALES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Chiroptera; Echolocation; Pteropodidae; Toxins

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

AUTECOLOGY; BAT; ECHOLOCATION; ETHANOL; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; INGESTION RATE; TOXIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BAT; DRUNKENNESS; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE; FLYING; FOOD COMPOSITION; INGESTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SKILL; VELOCITY;

ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CHIROPTERA; DIET; ECHOLOCATION; ETHANOL; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MALE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

CHIROPTERA; PTEROPODIDAE; ROUSETTUS AEGYPTIACUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77952885869     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2010.02.006     Document Type: Article

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