Information generated by the moving pinnae of rhinolophus rouxi: Tuning of the morphology at different harmonics

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Vanderelst, Dieter ^a   Reijniers, Jonas ^a   Steckel, Jan ^a   Peremans, Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOLOCATION; EXTERNAL EAR; FORAGING; FRONTAL LOBE; HARMONICS; HEAD; HEARING ACUITY; HEMISPHERE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RHINOLOPHUS ROUXI; SOUND; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND RELATED PHENOMENA; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENTROPY; PHYSIOLOGY;

RHINOLOPHUS ROUXII;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; ENTROPY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79959264932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020627     Document Type: Article

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