Echolocation behavior of Brazilian free-tailed bats during dense emergence flights

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 967-975

  Gillam, Erin H ^a,c   Hristov, Nickolay I ^b,d   Kunz, Thomas H ^b   McCracken, Gary F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WINSTON SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bats; echolocation; emergence; Tadarida

Indexed keywords

BAT; CALLING BEHAVIOR; CAVE; ECHOLOCATION; EMERGENCE; FLIGHT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; IMAGING METHOD; ROOST SITE;

TADARIDA; TADARIDA BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 77955901088     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/09-MAMM-A-302.1     Document Type: Article

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