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Echolocation
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Definition of 'Echolocation'An auditory orientation mechanism involving the emission of high frequency sounds which are reflected back to the emitter (animal). Common names: Echolocation; Echolocations |
Sunday, November 22, 2009
29 Sep 2009 
By examining the mechanical properties of the tympanum of the noctuid moth, Noctua pronuba, Windmill et al. (2006) suggested that this insect increases (up-tunes) the frequencies of its best hearing when exposed to high intensity sounds (HIS) ... Read more...
Echo amplitude selectivity of the bat is better for expected than for unexpected echo duration.
24 Aug 2009 A previous study shows that most inferior collicular neurons of the bat discharge maximally to a best duration and these duration-selective neurons have better echo frequency selectivity when the duration of both echo and pulse matches the best ... Read more...
17 Aug 2009 The origin and maintenance of intraspecific variation in vocal signals is important for population divergence and speciation. Where vocalizations are transmitted by vertical cultural inheritance, similarity will reflect co-ancestry, and thus vocal ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Echolocation'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- No neural evidence for dynamic auditory tuning of the A1 receptor in the ear of the noctuid moth, Noctua pronuba. 29 Sep 2009
- Echo amplitude selectivity of the bat is better for expected than for unexpected echo duration. 24 Aug 2009
- Determinants of echolocation call frequency variation in the Formosan lesser horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus monoceros). 17 Aug 2009
- Context-dependent effects of noise on echolocation pulse characteristics in free-tailed bats. 10 Aug 2009
- Tiger moth jams bat sonar. 15 Jul 2009
- Acoustic effects accurately predict an extreme case of biological morphology. 12 Jul 2009
- Development of auditory thalamocortical connections in the pallid bat, Antrozous pallidus.
8 Jul 2009 - What a plant sounds like: the statistics of vegetation echoes as received by echolocating bats. Jul 2009
- Naïve bats discriminate arctiid moth warning sounds but generalize their aposematic meaning. 29 Jun 2009
- Evoked response study tool: a portable, rugged system for single and multiple auditory evoked potential measurements. 29 Jun 2009
- Localization and tracking of phonating finless porpoises using towed stereo acoustic data-loggers. 29 Jun 2009
- Acoustic basis for fish prey discrimination by echolocating dolphins and porpoises. 29 Jun 2009
- Analysis of the temporal structure of fish echoes using the dolphin broadband sonar signal. 29 Jun 2009
- Pile driving zone of responsiveness extends beyond 20 km for harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena (L.)). 29 Jun 2009
- GABA shapes selectivity for the rate and direction of frequency-modulated sweeps in the auditory cortex. 22 Jun 2009
- Street lighting disturbs commuting bats. 16 Jun 2009
- Why do shrews twitter? Communication or simple echo-based orientation. 15 Jun 2009
- Gleaning bat echolocation calls do not elicit antipredator behaviour in the Pacific field cricket, Teleogryllus oceanicus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). 14 Jun 2009
- Properties of ultrasonic acoustic resonances for exploitation in comb construction by social hornets and honeybees. 7 Jun 2009
- The voice of bats: how greater mouse-eared bats recognize individuals based on their echolocation calls. 3 Jun 2009
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Technical information about 'Echolocation'
Definition: An auditory orientation mechanism involving the emission of high frequency sounds which are reflected back to the emitter (animal).
Descriptor UI: D004455
Alternative terms: Echolocation; Echolocations;
Allowable Qualifiers: classification; drug effects; physiology; radiation effects; ethics;
Tree Number: F01.145.113.055.400;
History Note: 91(72); was see under ORIENTATION 1972-90
Technical Notes: animal only; for human consider SOUND LOCALIZATION