Spontaneous classification of complex tones at high and ultrasonic frequencies in the bat, Megaderma lyra

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 103, Issue 5 I, 1998, Pages 2595-2607

  Preisler, Annemarie ^a   Schmidt, Sabine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BAT; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOLOCATION; NONHUMAN; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; PITCH PERCEPTION; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0031812574     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.422780     Document Type: Article

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