Versatility of biosonar in the big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus

Acoustic Research Letters Online

Volumn 2, Issue , 2001, Pages 43-48

  Simmons, James A ^a   Eastman, Kyler M ^a   Horowitz, Seth S ^a   O'Farrell, Michael J ^b   Lee, David N ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b O'Farrell Biological Consulting   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIG BROWN BAT; BIOSONAR; FREQUENCY MODULATED SOUNDS;

CAMERAS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; INFRARED RADIATION; MICROPHONES; TRANSMITTERS; ULTRASONICS;

SONAR;

EID: 0001833887     PISSN: 15297853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1352717     Document Type: Article

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