Echo delay versus spectral cues for temporal hyperacuity in the big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 189, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 693-702

  Simmons, J A ^a   Ferragamo, M J ^b   Sanderson, M I ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bats; Delay hyperacuity; Echo delay; Echolocation; Target ranging

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BAT; CALIBRATION; ECHOLOCATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; CALIBRATION; CHIROPTERA; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ECHOLOCATION; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 0142027891     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-003-0444-9     Document Type: Article

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