How do tiger moths jam bat sonar?

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 2416-2425

  Corcoran, Aaron J ^a   Barber, Jesse R ^b   Hristov, Nickolay I ^c,d   Conner, William E ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Center for Design Innovation   (United States)

^d WINSTON SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctiinae; Bat; Bioacoustics; Flight; Jamming; Moth; Startle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOLOCATION; FLYING; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND DETECTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOLOCATION; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTHS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; ARCTIIDAE; ARCTIINAE; BERTHOLDIA; EPTESICUS; EPTESICUS FUSCUS; LEPIDOPTERA; TRIGONA;

EID: 79959556516     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.054783     Document Type: Article

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