The absence of spatial echo suppression in the echolocating bats Megaderma lyra and Phyllostomus discolor

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 152-157

  Schuchmann, Maike ^a   Hübner, Matthias ^a   Wiegrebe, Lutz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bat; Echolocation; Megaderma lyra; Phyllostomus discolor; Precedence effect; Sound localization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOLOCATION; HEARING; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND DETECTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; ORIENTATION; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MAMMALIA; MEGADERMA LYRA; PHYLLOSTOMUS DISCOLOR;

EID: 31544461233     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01975     Document Type: Article

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