Variability in echolocation call intensity in a community of horseshoe bats: A role for resource partitioning or communication?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Schuchmann, Maike ^a   Siemers, Björn M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BAT; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RESOURCE PARTITIONING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND INTENSITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; PHYSIOLOGY;

RHINOLOPHUS;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE; MALE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77958582346     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012842     Document Type: Article

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