Echolocating bats emit terminal phase buzz calls while drinking on the wing

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 98, Issue , 2013, Pages 58-60

  Griffiths, Stephen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bats; Drinking buzz; Echolocation; Terminal phase call; Thermal video

Indexed keywords

WATER;

BAT; CALLING BEHAVIOR; DRINKING; ECHOLOCATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; VIDEOGRAPHY; WING;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BAT; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ECHOLOCATING BAT; ECHOLOCATION; FEEDING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FORELIMB; MOUTH; NONHUMAN; SOUND; TERMINAL PHASE BUZZ CALL; TOUCH;

BATS; DRINKING BUZZ; ECHOLOCATION; TERMINAL PHASE CALL; THERMAL VIDEO;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ECHOLOCATION; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84879253363     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: 18728308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2013.05.007     Document Type: Article

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