Strong individual signatures and weaker group signatures in contact calls of Spix's disc-winged bat, Thyroptera tricolor

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 269-276

  Gillam, Erin H ^a   Chaverri, Gloriana ^b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Call variation; Individual signature; Social call; Spix's disc winged bat; Thyroptera tricolor

Indexed keywords

BAT; BIOACOUSTICS; CALLING BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT; HABITAT TYPE; LEAF; MONOCOTYLEDON; PATCH SIZE; RECOGNITION; ROOST SITE; ROOSTING;

HELICONIA; THYROPTERA TRICOLOR;

EID: 83555174679     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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