Vocalization during copulation behavior in greater horseshoe bats, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 2179-2184

  Liu, Ying ^a,b   Metzner, Walter ^b   Feng, Jiang ^a  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

communication calls; copulation; greater horseshoe bat; mate fidelity

Indexed keywords

RHINOLOPHUS; RHINOLOPHUS FERRUMEQUINUM;

EID: 84880057756     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-013-5793-3     Document Type: Article

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