Do predators influence the behaviour of bats?

Biological Reviews

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 626-644

  Lima, Steven L ^a   O'Keefe, Joy M ^a  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti predator behaviour; Bats; Foraging behaviour; Habitat use; Moonlight avoidance; Predation risk; Risk perception; Roost choice; Roost departure; Torpor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTI-PREDATOR BEHAVIOUR; ARTICLE; BAT; BATS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; HABITAT USE; MOONLIGHT AVOIDANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; PREDATION RISK; RISK PERCEPTION; ROOST CHOICE; ROOST DEPARTURE; TORPOR;

ANTI-PREDATOR BEHAVIOUR; BATS; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; HABITAT USE; MOONLIGHT AVOIDANCE; PREDATION RISK; RISK PERCEPTION; ROOST CHOICE; ROOST DEPARTURE; TORPOR;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; RAPTORES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84880043979     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/brv.12021     Document Type: Article

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