Role of broadcast harmonics in echo delay perception by big brown bats

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-89

  Stamper, Sarah A ^a   Bates, Mary E ^a   Benedicto, Douglas ^b   Simmons, James A ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory template; Biosonar; Echo delay perception; Echolocation; FM harmonics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BAT; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE; HEARING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SOUND; SPECTROSCOPY; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SOUND; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 58649118655     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-008-0384-5     Document Type: Article

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