Echolocation by Insect-Eating Bats

Echolocation by Insect-Eating Bats

Schnitzler and Kalko describe the echolocation behavior of insect-eating bats and show how differing circumstances such as habitat type, foraging mode, and diet favor different signal types. To demonstrate relationships between echolocation and ecological conditions, they outline the perceptual task...

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Veröffentlicht in:Bioscience 2001-07, Vol.51 (7), p.557-569
Hauptverfasser: Schnitzler, Hans-Ulrich, Kalko, Elisabeth K. V.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animal behavior
Bats
Bats (Animals)
Ears & hearing
Echolocation (Physiology)
Ecological conditions
Insects
Perceptual Impairments
Physiological aspects
Visually Impaired Mobility
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Zusammenfassung:Schnitzler and Kalko describe the echolocation behavior of insect-eating bats and show how differing circumstances such as habitat type, foraging mode, and diet favor different signal types. To demonstrate relationships between echolocation and ecological conditions, they outline the perceptual tasks that must be performed by foraging bats and discuss the suitability of typical elements of echolocation signals for solving such problems.
ISSN:0006-3568
1525-3244
DOI:10.1641/0006-3568(2001)051[0557:EBIEB]2.0.CO;2