A helical biosonar scanning pattern in the Chinese Noctule, Nyctalus plancyi

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 4083-4092

  Müller, Rolf ^a   Lu, Hongwang ^a   Zhang, Shuyi ^b   Peremans, Herbert ^c  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HELICAL WAVEGUIDES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIABLES CONTROL; VOLUME CONTROL (SPATIAL);

CHINESE NOCTULE (NYCTALUS PLANCYI); CONICAL SLEEVE; DIRECTIVITY; PINNA; TRAGUS; WAVEFIELD PHASE;

ACOUSTIC WAVE DIFFRACTION;

ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BAT; EXTERNAL EAR; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; NYCTALUS PLANCYI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHIROPTERA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EAR, EXTERNAL; FEMALE; HEARING; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; SOUND;

EID: 33745090523     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2200151     Document Type: Article

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