Social Vocalizations of Big Brown Bats Vary with Behavioral Context

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Gadziola, Marie A ^a,b   Grimsley, Jasmine M S ^a   Faure, Paul A ^c   Wenstrup, Jeffrey J ^a,b  

^a Northeast Ohio Medical University   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGY; ACOUSTICS; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BAT; BIG BROWN BAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ECHOLOCATION; EPTESICUS FUSCUS; HEART RATE; NONHUMAN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUND DETECTION; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHIROPTERA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

EPTESICUS; EPTESICUS FUSCUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84866117251     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044550     Document Type: Article

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