Social context evokes rapid changes in bat song syntax

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1485-1491

  Bohn, Kirsten M ^a   Smarsh, Grace C ^a   Smotherman, Michael ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bat; Echolocation; Song; Syntax; Tadarida brasiliensis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BAT; ECHOLOCATION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SONG; SONGBIRD;

AVES; MAMMALIA; MOLOSSIDAE; PASSERI; TADARIDA BRASILIENSIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84879262813     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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