Vocal production learning in bats

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 28, Issue , 2014, Pages 80-85

  Knörnschild, Mirjam ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AUDITORY SYSTEM FUNCTION; BAT; ECHOLOCATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL LEARNING; TAXON; VOCAL PRODUCTION LEARNING; VOCALIZATION; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; AUDITORY ORIENTATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; LEARNING; NATURAL SELECTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PHYLLOSTOMUS DISCOLOR; PHYLLOSTOMUS HASTATUS; SACCOPTERYX BILINEATA; SEXUAL SELECTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY; ANIMAL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; LEARNING; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84904537051     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2014.06.014     Document Type: Review

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