Size discrimination of hollow hemispheres by echolocation in a nectar feeding bat

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 3599-3609

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Echoes of hollow hemispheres; Flower visiting bat; Object discrimination by echolocation; Weber Fechner law

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; ECHOLOCATION; ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE; SIZE PERCEPTION;

GLOSSOPHAGA SORICINA;

EID: 33749568689     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02398     Document Type: Article

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