Adaptive echolocation sounds of insectivorous bats, Pipistrellus abramus, during foraging flights in the field

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Hiryu, Shizuko ^a   Hagino, Tomotaka ^a   Fujioka, Emyo ^a   Riquimaroux, Hiroshi ^a   Watanabe, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT FREQUENCY; ECHOLOCATION PULSES; ECHOLOCATION SOUNDS; EUROPEAN; FREQUENCY STRUCTURES; INTERPULSE INTERVAL; PULSE DURATION;

SONAR; UNDERWATER AUDITION;

MAMMALS;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BAT; ECHOLOCATION; FORAGING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PIPISTRELLUS ABRAMUS; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; DIET; ECHOLOCATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; INSECTS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 49249105775     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2947629     Document Type: Article

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