Social influences on territorial signaling in male greater sac-winged bats

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 639-648

  Eckenweber, Maria ^a   Knörnschild, Mirjam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Group signature; Individual signature; Saccopteryx bilineata; Territorial song

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CUE; BAT; BIOACOUSTICS; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; GROUP BEHAVIOR; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LEARNING; MALE BEHAVIOR; PHILOPATRY; POLYGYNY; RECOGNITION; SIGNALING; SONG; TERRITORIALITY; VOCALIZATION;

PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

AVES; MAMMALIA; SACCOPTERYX BILINEATA;

EID: 84874943527     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-013-1483-z     Document Type: Article

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