Context-dependent effects of noise on echolocation pulse characteristics in free-tailed bats

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

Volumn 195, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 923-934

  Tressler, Jedediah ^a   Smotherman, Michael S ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Echolocation; Jamming avoidance response; Lombard response; Noise; Vocal plasticity; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BAT; ECHOLOCATION; NOISE; PHYSIOLOGY; REFLEX; SOUND DETECTION; TIME; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; NOISE; REFLEX; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 70349944665     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-009-0468-x     Document Type: Article

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