Evolution of echolocation

Bat Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 47-70

  Fenton, M Brock ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-7397-8_3     Document Type: Chapter

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