'Binaural echo disparity' as a potential indicator of object orientation and cue for object recognition in echolocating nectar-feeding bats

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 3457-3468

  Holderied, Marc W ^a   Von Helversen, Otto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic object recognition; Bat pollinated flower; Echolocation; Impulse response

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOLOCATION; HEARING; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHIROPTERA; CUES; ECHOLOCATION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33749554195     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02386     Document Type: Article

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