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The foraging behaviour and ecology of animal-eating bats

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Published1990
Citations384
References64

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1990 • 196 citations

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1987 • 192 citations

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1990 • 152 citations

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1988 • 151 citations

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Eavesdropping by Bats: The Influence of Echolocation Call Design and Foraging Strategy

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Opportunistic feeding by desert bats (Myotis spp.)

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Evidence for a spectral basis of texture perception in bat sonar

1988 • 98 citations

Echolocation and foraging behaviour in the Hawaiian hoary bat, Lasiurus cinereus semotus

1984 • 96 citations

Prey catching with and without echolocation in the Indian false vampire (Megaderma lyra)

1979 • 96 citations

The use of Doppler-shifted echoes as a flutter detection and clutter rejection system: the echolocation and feeding behavior of Hipposideros ruber (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae)

1984 • 88 citations

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1983 • 85 citations

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1982 • 83 citations

A comparison of the roosting and foraging behaviour of three species of African insectivorous bats (Rhinolophidae, Vespertilionidae, and Molossidae)

1986 • 82 citations

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1982 • 74 citations

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1976 • 69 citations

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1983 • 63 citations

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1981 • 62 citations

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1987 • 46 citations

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1983 • 43 citations

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1983 • 40 citations

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1988 • 39 citations

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1990 • 35 citations

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1969 • 29 citations

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1978 • 26 citations

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1987 • 24 citations

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1973 • 23 citations

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1984 • 19 citations

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1980 • 16 citations

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1989 • 14 citations

The Foraging behaviour and sensory basis of prey detection by the long-eared bat, myotis evotis

1990 • 3 citations

Deleted Work

1955 • 0 citations

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