Comparing passive and active hearing: Spectral analysis of transient sounds in bats

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1850-1858

  Goerlitz, Holger R ^a,b   Hübner, Mathias ^a   Wiegrebe, Lutz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Background noise; Call analysis; Hearing; Perceptual constancy; Spectral shape

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOLOCATION; HEARING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND DETECTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; HEARING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY;

PHYLLOSTOMUS DISCOLOR;

EID: 47749117181     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.017715     Document Type: Article

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