Echolocation behaviour of Megaderma lyra during typical orientation situations and while hunting aerial prey: A field study

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 197, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 403-412

  Schmidt, Sabine ^a   Yapa, Wipula ^b   Grunwald, Jan Eric ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerial hunting; Bats; Echolocation; Megaderma lyra; Spatial orientation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BAT; ECHOLOCATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLYING; INSECT; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; INSECTS; ORIENTATION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 79955064106     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-010-0552-2     Document Type: Article

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