Dynamic adjustment of biosonar intensity to habitat clutter in the bat Macrophyllum macrophyllum (Phyllostomidae)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1867-1874

  Brinkløv, Signe ^a   Kalko, Elisabeth K V ^b,c   Surlykke, Annemarie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Bat; Biosonar intensity; Echolocation; Phyllostomidae; Source level

Indexed keywords

BAT; ECHOLOCATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HABITAT TYPE; INSECTIVORE; NEOTROPICAL REGION; OPEN SPACE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRESSURE EFFECT; RANGE EXPANSION; SIGNAL; VEGETATION COVER;

MACROPHYLLUM MACROPHYLLUM; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE;

EID: 77957995287     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-0998-9     Document Type: Article

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