Social calls used by a leaf-roosting bat to signal location

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 441-444

  Chaverri, Gloriana ^a   Gillam, Erin H ^b   Vonhof, Maarten J ^c  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Information transfer; Roost; Social calls

Indexed keywords

BAT; CALLING BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; MATE ATTRACTION; ROOST SITE; ROOSTING; SIGNALING;

THYROPTERA TRICOLOR;

ANIMAL; BAT; COSTA RICA; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUND DETECTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; COSTA RICA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 77957009121     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0964     Document Type: Article

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