Adaptive echolocation behavior in bats for the analysis of auditory scenes

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1392-1404

  Chili, Chen ^a   Xian, Wei ^a   Moss, Cynthia F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive vocal behavior; Auditory scene analysis; Bats; Call design; Conspecifics; Echolocation; Flexibility

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BAT; ECHOLOCATION; HEARING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION;

EPTESICUS; EPTESICUS FUSCUS;

EID: 66149127738     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.027045     Document Type: Article

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