Echolocation in the bat, Rhinolophus capensis: the influence of clutter, conspecifics and prey on call design and intensity

Echolocating bats are exposed not only to the echoes of their own calls, but often the signals of conspecifics and other bats. For species emitting short, frequency modulated signals e.g. vespertilionoids, adjustments in both the frequency and time domain have been observed in such situations. Howev...

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Main Authors: Kayleigh Fawcett, David S. Jacobs, Annemarie Surlykke, John M. Ratcliffe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Company of Biologists 2015-07-01
Series:Biology Open
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Online Access:http://bio.biologists.org/content/4/6/693