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Precedence of visual cues in the emballonurid bat Balantiopteryx plicata

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  1. Zoology Department, Göteborg University, Box 463, SE-405 30, Göteborg, Sweden

    J. Eklöf

  2. Department of Chemical Ecology, Göteborg University, Box 461, SE-405 30, Göteborg, Sweden

    T. Tranefors

  3. Biodiversity and Macroecology Group, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK

    L. B. Vázquez

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Eklöf, J., Tranefors, T. & Vázquez, L.B. Precedence of visual cues in the emballonurid bat Balantiopteryx plicata. Mamm Biol 67, 42–46 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1078/1616-5047-00004

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