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Echolocation
Known as:
Echolocations
, echo location
, perception of environment using reflected sound waves
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Echolocation is the method used by some animals (e.g. bats, dolphins and some whales) to determine the location of something by measuring the time it…
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Behavior, Animal
Sound Localization
Vocalization, Animal
aspects of radiation effects
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2012
2012
Vocal reporting of echolocation targets: dolphins often report before click trains end.
S. Ridgway
,
W. Elsberry
,
+5 authors
T. Cranford
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
2012
Corpus ID: 206467335
Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) wore opaque suction cups over their eyes while stationing behind an acoustically opaque…
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2012
2012
Design of self tuning PI controller for STATCOM using Bats Echolocation Algorithm based Neural controller
G. Kumaravel
,
C. Kumar
IEEE-International Conference On Advances In…
2012
Corpus ID: 25957317
Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM) is one of the typical FACTS device which is used to improve the voltage profile and…
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2001
2001
Pinnae and echolocation call differences between Myotis californicus and M. ciliolabrum (Chiroptera : Vespertilionidae)
W. L. Gannon
,
R. Sherwin
,
Tagide deCarvalho
,
M. J. O'farrell
2001
Corpus ID: 82823542
We measured the shape of pinnae from fluid-preserved, museum specimens of 33 Myotis californicus and 39 M. ciliolabrum and…
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2000
2000
DOVE: Dolphin Omni-directional Video Equipment
T. Boult
2000
Corpus ID: 15192044
Visual exploration and reconnaissance underwater, whether by humans or unmanned vehicle, presents many challenges. One of these…
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1999
1999
REDISCOVERY OF SHORT-TAILED BATS (MYSTACINA SP.) IN FIORDLAND, NEW ZEALAND: PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS OF TAXONOMY, ECHOLOCATION CALLS, POPULATION SIZE, HOME RANGE, AND HABITAT USE
J. Christie
,
C. Corben
,
Jane A. Sedgeley
,
W. Simpson
1999
Corpus ID: 10802629
New Zealand Journal of Ecology (1999) 23(1): 21-30 ©New Zealand Ecological Society COLI F.J. O’DONNELL, JENNY CHRISTIE, CHRI…
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1995
1995
Notes on echolocation calls, food and roosting behaviour of the Old World Sucker-footed bat Myzopoda aurita (Chiroptera, Myzopodidae)
L. T. Wasserthal
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M. Göpfert
1995
Corpus ID: 89481456
In 1992 one individual of the rare species Myzopoda aurita was captured near Fort Dauphin in south- eastern Madagascar. Pellet…
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1989
1989
Echolocation calls of malaysian bats
K. Heller
1989
Corpus ID: 89138039
The echolocation calls of free-flying bats of the genera Tylonycteris, Glischropus, Hesperoptenus, Myotis, Emhallonura and…
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Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Accuracy of distance measurement in the bat Eptesicus fuscus: theoretical aspects and computer simulations.
D. Menne
,
H. Hackbarth
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
1986
Corpus ID: 26003303
Behavioral experiments of Simmons [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 54, 157-173 (1973) and Science 204, 1336-1338 (1979)] on the ranging…
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1970
1970
Experimentally Demonstrated Echolocation in the Amazon River Porpoise, Inia Geoffrensis (Blainville)
R. Penner
,
A. Murchison
1970
Corpus ID: 15998764
Abstract : Echolocation and related behavior in the Amazon River porpoise Inia geoffrensis was investigated to demonstrate…
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1966
1966
Discriminative echolocation in a porpoise.
R. N. Turner
,
K. S. Norris
Journal of The Experimental Analysis of Behavior
1966
Corpus ID: 7331038
Operant conditioning techniques were used to establish a discriminative echolocation performance in a porpoise. Pairs of spheres…
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