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Echolocation

Known as: Echolocations, echo location, perception of environment using reflected sound waves 
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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2013
2013
Ultrasonic predator–prey interactions in water–convergent evolution with insects and bats in air?
Toothed whales and bats have independently evolved biosonar systems to navigate and locate and catch prey. Such active sensing… 
2004
2004
Peripheral auditory tuning for fine frequency analysis by the CF-FM bat,Rhinolophus ferrumequinum
SummaryRhinolophus ferrumequinum compensates for Doppler shifts and keeps the frequency of the CF-portion of echoes constant at a… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Directional sensitivity of echolocation in the horseshoe bat,Rhinolophus ferrumequinum
SummaryThe directionality of sound emission by a horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum) has been determined for the constant… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Sound duration selectivity in the pallid bat inferior colliculus
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
The echolocation calls of the spotted bat Euderma maculatum are relatively inaudible to moths
Previous studies of the spotted bat Euderma maculatum have demonstrated that this bat emits echolocation calls that are lower in… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Jamming bat echolocation: the dogbane tiger moth Cycnia tenera times its clicks to the terminal attack calls of the big brown bat Eptesicus fuscus.
Certain tiger moths emit high-frequency clicks to an attacking bat, causing it to break off its pursuit. The sounds may either… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
The sensory basis of prey detection by the long-eared bat, Myotis evotis, and the consequences for prey selection
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Neural mechanisms of ranging are different in two species of bats
1984
1984
Spatial tuning of auditory neurons in the superior colliculus of the echolocating bat, Myotis lucifugus
1973
1973
Heterogeneity of lipid composition within the cephalic melon tissue of the pilot whale (Globicephala melaena).
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