Variation in the resting frequency of Rhinolophus pusillus in Mainland China: Effect of climate and implications for conservation

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2204-2211

  Jiang, Tinglei ^a   You, Yuyan ^a   Liu, Sen ^a   lu, Guanjun ^a   li, Shi ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Feng, Jiang ^a   Metzner, Walter ^b  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BODY SIZE; CHINA; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOLOCATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; MALE; NOISE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; REST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUND DETECTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VOCALIZATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CHINA; CHIROPTERA; CLIMATE; ECHOLOCATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; MALE; NOISE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REST; SEX FACTORS; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 79952198306     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3478855     Document Type: Article

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