Model-based detection of synthetic bat echolocation calls using an energy threshold detector for initialization

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2643-2650

  Skowronski, Mark D ^a   Fenton, M Brock ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; FREQUENCY MODULATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SOUND REPRODUCTION;

ATMOSPHERIC ABSORPTION; BAT ACOUSTIC SIGNALS; ECHOLOCATION CALLS; FIELD PLAYBACK;

SIGNAL DETECTION;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BAT; ECHOLOCATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SOUND DETECTION;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; AUTOMATION; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; JUDGMENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NOISE; ORIENTATION; OSCILLOMETRY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RHEOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 43549103544     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2896752     Document Type: Article

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