Population and seasonal variation in response to prey calls by an eavesdropping bat

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 605-615

  Jones, Patricia L ^a,b   Ryan, Michael J ^a,b   Page, Rachel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Bat; Behavioral plasticity; Eavesdrop; Population differences; Seasonal variation; Trachops cirrhosus

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; BAT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CALLING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION GENETICS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANURA; PHYSALAEMUS PUSTULOSUS; SMILISCA SILA; TETTIGONIIDAE; TRACHOPS CIRRHOSUS;

EID: 84896093482     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-013-1675-6     Document Type: Article

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