Hawkmoths produce anti-bat ultrasound

Biology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Barber, Jesse R ^a   Kawahara, Akito Y ^b  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arms race; Bat; Echolocation; Sphingidae; Sphinx moth

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARMS RACE; BAT; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; ECHOLOCATION; MIMICRY; MOTH; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; ULTRASONICS;

SPHINGIDAE;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BAT; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; MALAYSIA; MALE; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOUND; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ARMS RACE; ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; SPHINGIDAE;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; MALAYSIA; MALE; MOTHS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOUND; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ARMS RACE; BAT; ECHOLOCATION; SPHINGIDAE; SPHINX MOTH;

EID: 84891413758     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0161     Document Type: Article

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