A call-and-response system facilitates group cohesion among disc-winged bats

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 481-487

  Chaverri, Gloriana ^a   Gillam, Erin H ^b   Kunz, Thomas H ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Contact call; Disc winged bat; Group cohesion; Thyroptera tricolor

Indexed keywords

BAT; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT; GROUP BEHAVIOR; ROOSTING; SIGNAL;

THYROPTERA TRICOLOR;

EID: 84876519260     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ars188     Document Type: Article

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