Detection of jitter in intertarget spacing by the big brown bat Eptesicus fuscus

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 279-290

  Masters, W M ^a   Raver, K A S ^a   Kornacker, K ^a   Burnett, S C ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Echolocation; Eptesicus fuscus; Jitter; Psychophysics; Signal processing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE; MALE; SPACE PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA; EPTESICUS FUSCUS; MUS;

EID: 0031239519     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050114     Document Type: Article

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