Flight behaviour, call design and directional hearing in the echolocating nectar-feeding bat (Glossophaga soricina, Pallas 1766)

Abstract As echolocators, bats are an ideal model to study sensory ecology because they actively adjust their signal to sensory constraints in their environment. The general interest behind the work presented in this thesis is to link the behaviour of bats to their adaptive signal design in order to...

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Main Author: Drapeau, Violaine
Published: University of Bristol 2011
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.559476