Spectral cues and perception of the vertical position of targets by the big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 1034-1041

  Wotton, J M ^a,b   Simmons, J A ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BAT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EXTERNAL EAR; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHIROPTERA; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033980527     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.428283     Document Type: Article

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