Convergent acoustic field of view in echolocating bats

Lasse Jakobsen, John M. Ratcliffe and Annemarie Surlykke ()
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Lasse Jakobsen: Sound Communication Group, Institute of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark
John M. Ratcliffe: Sound Communication Group, Institute of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark
Annemarie Surlykke: Sound Communication Group, Institute of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark

Nature, 2013, vol. 493, issue 7430, 93-96

Abstract: Studying six vespertilionid bat species of different sizes to investigate the reason why smaller bats have higher frequency echolocation calls, a model is put forward that the size/frequency range is modulated by the need to maintain a focused, highly directional echolocation beam.

Date: 2013
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