Horseshoe bats recognise the sex of conspecifics from their echolocation calls

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 161-166

  Schuchmann, Maike ^a   Puechmaille, Sébastien J ^a,b   Siemers, Björn M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bat; Communication; Echolocation; Gender; Habituation discrimination; R. euryale; Recognition; Rhinolophus mehelyi

Indexed keywords

BAT; CALLING BEHAVIOR; ECHOLOCATION; HABITUATION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

RHINOLOPHUS; RHINOLOPHUS MEHELYI;

EID: 84865763368     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/150811012X654376     Document Type: Article

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