Behavioral evidence for community-wide species discrimination from echolocation calls in bats

American Naturalist

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 72-82

  Schuchmann, Maike ^a   Siemers, Björn M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bats; Communication; Community ecology; Echolocation; Species discrimination; Vocal signature

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CUE; BAT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOASSAY; ECHOLOCATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR; RELATEDNESS; SYMPATRY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BAT; BULGARIA; ECHOLOCATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BULGARIA; CHIROPTERA; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ECHOLOCATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; RHINOLOPHUS;

EID: 77953756055     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/652993     Document Type: Article

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