Biosonar

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Surlykke, Annemarie (Editor), Nachtigall, Paul E. (Editor), Fay, Richard R. (Editor), Popper, Arthur N. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, 51
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Neurosciences.; Otorhinolaryngology.; Ecology.; Neurobiology.; Life Sciences.

Bats and odondoctes have evolved the ability to use echolocation to find objects in their environments.  And, despite there being substantial differences in their environments, there are substantial similarities, as well as any number of fascinating differences, in how members of these two groups pr...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction and Overview
• Sonar Signals of Bats and Toothed Whales
• Production of Biosonar Signals: Structure and Form
• Sound Intensities of Biosonar Signals From Bats and Toothed Whales
• Hearing During Echolocation in Whales and Bats
• Localization and Classification of Targets by Echolocating Bats and Dolphins
• On-Animal Methods for Studying Echolocation in Free-Ranging Animals
• Analysis of Natural Scenes by Echolocation in Bats and Dolphins
• Echolocation in Air and Water.