Target Structure and Echo Spectral Discrimination by Echolocating Bats
- 20 December 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 186 (4169) , 1130-1132
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.186.4169.1130
Abstract
Echolocating bats can use sonar to discriminate among targets which reflect echoes differing in spectral distribution of energy but not in overall intensity. They can detect differences smaller than 1 millimeter in fine target structure. Bats may be capable of classifying targets from echo spectral signatures and might thus be able to distinguish among flying insect prey by sonar.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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