Accuracy of a passive acoustic location system: Empirical studies in terrestrial habitats

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 269-286

  Clark, C W ^a   McGregor, P K ^a,b   Holland, J ^a,b   Dabelsteen, T ^b   Bower, J L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Acoustic location; Communication networks; Fixed microphone array; Habitat acoustics; Interactions cross correlation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC LOCATION SYSTEM; SOUND SOURCE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030690450     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.1997.9522887     Document Type: Article

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