Inferring echolocation in ancient bats

Nature

Volumn 466, Issue 7309, 2010, Pages

  Simmons, Nancy B ^a   Seymour, Kevin L ^b   Habersetzer, Jörg ^c   Gunnell, Gregg F ^d  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^c SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; BEHAVIOR; COCHLEA; EARDRUM; ECHOLOCATION; FOSSIL; LARYNX; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BONE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; FOSSILS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77955874683     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09219     Document Type: Note

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