The sonar beam pattern of a flying bat as it tracks tethered insects

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 1120-1131

  Ghose, Kaushik ^a   Moss, Cynthia F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; MICROPHONES; SONAR;

SONAR BEAM PATTERN;

ACOUSTICS;

BIOACOUSTICS; ECHOLOCATION; FLIGHT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SONAR; TRACKING;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BAT; ECHOLOCATION; EPTESICUS FUSCUS; INSECT; MICROPHONE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0043069839     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1589754     Document Type: Article

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