Auditory fovea and Doppler shift compensation: Adaptations for flutter detection in echolocating bats using CF-FM signals

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

Volumn 197, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 541-559

  Schnitzler, Hans Ulrich ^a   Denzinger, Annette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory fovea; Bats; Doppler shift compensation; Echolocation; Flutter detection

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BAT; CORTI ORGAN; ECHOLOCATION; FLYING; HISTOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; REVIEW; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTICS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; ORGAN OF CORTI; PATTERN RECOGNITION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 79955075480     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-010-0569-6     Document Type: Review

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