Bat Neuroethology

Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 150-165

  Pollak, G D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptations; Auditory cortex; Auditory system; Bats; Big brown bat; Echolocation; Inferior colliculus; Mustache bat; Neuroethology; Pallid bat

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054923883     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-045337-8.00151-0     Document Type: Chapter

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