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Functional differences in echolocation call design in an adaptive radiation of bats

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, 2021
All organisms have specialized systems to sense their environment. Most bat species use echolocation for navigation and foraging, but which and how ecological factors shaped echolocation call diversity remains unclear for the most diverse clades ...
Leith B. Leiser‐Miller   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Echolocation may have real-life advantages for blind people: an analysis of survey data

open access: yesFrontiers in Physiology, 2013
Some people can echolocate by making sonar emissions (e.g. mouth-clicks, finger snaps, feet shuffling, humming, cane tapping, etc.) and listening to the returning echoes.
Lore eThaler
doaj   +1 more source

It's not all about the Soprano: Rhinolophid bats use multiple acoustic components in echolocation pulses to discriminate between conspecifics and heterospecifics.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2018
Acoustic communication plays a pivotal role in conspecific recognition in numerous animal taxa. Vocalizations must therefore have discrete acoustic signatures to facilitate intra-specific communication and to avoid misidentification.
Robert N V Raw   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Echolocation calls and communication calls are controlled differentially in the brainstem of the bat Phyllostomus discolor

open access: yesBMC Biology, 2005
Background Echolocating bats emit vocalizations that can be classified either as echolocation calls or communication calls. Neural control of both types of calls must govern the same pool of motoneurons responsible for vocalizations.
Schuller Gerd, Fenzl Thomas
doaj   +1 more source

People's Ability to Detect Objects Using Click-Based Echolocation: A Direct Comparison between Mouth-Clicks and Clicks Made by a Loudspeaker. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2016
Echolocation is the ability to use reflected sound to obtain information about the spatial environment. Echolocation is an active process that requires both the production of the emission as well as the sensory processing of the resultant sound ...
Lore Thaler, Josefina Castillo-Serrano
doaj   +1 more source

Echolocation in Bats, Odontocetes, Birds and Insectivores [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
(used for book advertisement, will not be printed in chapter)In this chapter, the authors review basic concepts about echolocation, the variety of animals known to echolocate, the production of echolocation signals, the different types of echolocation ...
Brinkløv, Signe   +2 more
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Species-specific acoustic responses by bats to ultrasonic stimuli used for reducing bat-wind turbine interactions [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ
An unintended consequence of wind energy generation is bat fatalities caused by wind turbine blade strikes. One potential approach to reduce collision risk is to use ultrasound to create an uncomfortable or disorienting airspace around wind turbine ...
Emma E. Guest   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

General isochronous rhythm in echolocation calls and social vocalizations of the bat Saccopteryx bilineata [PDF]

open access: yesRoyal Society Open Science, 2019
Rhythm is an essential component of human speech and music but very little is known about its evolutionary origin and its distribution in animal vocalizations.
Lara S. Burchardt   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Unusual echolocation behaviour of the common sword-nosed bat Lonchorhina aurita: an adaptation to aerial insectivory in a phyllostomid bat? [PDF]

open access: yesRoyal Society Open Science, 2019
Most insectivorous bat species in the Neotropical family Phyllostomidae glean insects from ground, water or vegetation surfaces. They use similar and stereotypical echolocation calls that are generally very short (less than 1–3 ms), multi-harmonic and ...
Gloria Gessinger   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Student Echolocation Researcher

open access: yes, 2017
Student Echolocation Researcher at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Gatlinburg ...
Canfield, Doug, USFWS
core   +6 more sources

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