Effects of competitive prey capture on flight behavior and sonar beam pattern in paired big brown bats, Eptesicus fuscus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 3348-3356

  Chiu, Chen ^a,b   Reddy, Puduru Viswanadha ^c   Xian, Wei ^a   Krishnaprasad, Perinkulam S ^b   Moss, Cynthia F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bats; Classical pursuit; Flight behavior; Jamming avoidance; Sonar beam pattern

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BAT; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE; FLYING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MALE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EPTESICUS; EPTESICUS FUSCUS;

EID: 77956858227     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.044818     Document Type: Article

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