Echolocation signals of the bat Eptesicus serotinus recorded using a vertical microphone array: Effect of flight altitude on searching signals

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 60-69

  Jensen, Marianne Egebjerg ^a   Miller, Lee A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bat echolocation; Eptesicus serotinus; Flight altitude; Ground clutter; Microphone array; Source level

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; ALTITUDE; BAT; ECHOLOCATION;

CHIROPTERA; EPTESICUS SEROTINUS;

EID: 12944268976     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050650     Document Type: Article

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