Innate recognition of water bodies in echolocating bats

Nature Communications

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Greif, Stefan ^a   Siemers, Björn M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURFACE WATER;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BAT; ECHOLOCATION; HEARING; NONHUMAN; RECOGNITION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78650066549     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1110     Document Type: Article

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