Echolocation behavior of the Japanese horseshoe bat in pursuit of fluttering prey

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

Volumn 198, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 741-751

  Mantani, Shigeki ^a   Hiryu, Shizuko ^a   Fujioka, Emyo ^a   Matsuta, Naohiro ^a   Riquimaroux, Hiroshi ^a   Watanabe, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acoustical glints; Doppler shift compensation; Goniocraspidum pryeri; Pulse duration; Rhinolophus ferrumequinum nippon

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BAT; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOLOCATION; FLYING; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND; TIME; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHIROPTERA; DOPPLER EFFECT; ECHOLOCATION; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MOTHS; SOUND; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84866530112     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-012-0744-z     Document Type: Article

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