Learned vocal group signatures in the polygynous bat Saccopteryx bilineata

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 761-769

  Knörnschild, Mirjam ^a   Nagy, Martina ^b   Metz, Markus ^a   Mayer, Frieder ^b   von Helversen, Otto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Call convergence; Greater sac winged bat; Horizontal learning; Peer influence; Saccopteryx bilineata; Vocal learning

Indexed keywords

BAT; COHESION; KIN SELECTION; LEARNING; MATERNAL CARE; NATAL DISPERSAL; ONTOGENY; POLYGYNY; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; SACCOPTERYX BILINEATA;

EID: 84866932187     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.06.029     Document Type: Article

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