Echolocation in Blainville's beaked whales (Mesoplodon densirostris)

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

Volumn 199, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 451-469

  Madsen, P T ^a   de Soto, N Aguilar ^b,c   Arranz, P ^b,c   Johnson, M ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beaked whale; Biosonar; Echolocation; Sampling rate; Sensing

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; DIVING; ECHOLOCATION; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEARING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEA; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND DETECTION; STEREOTYPY; SWIMMING; TIME; VOCALIZATION; WHALE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; DIVING; ECHOLOCATION; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OCEANS AND SEAS; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL; WHALES;

EID: 84878433914     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-013-0824-8     Document Type: Article

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