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Trawling bats exploit an echo-acoustic ground effect

A water surface acts not only as an optic mirror but also as an acoustic mirror. Echolocation calls emitted by bats at low heights above water are reflected away from the bat, and hence the background clutter is reduced. Moreover, targets on the surface create an enhanced echo. Here, we formally qua...

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Autores principales: Zsebok, Sandor, Kroll, Ferdinand, Heinrich, Melina, Genzel, Daria, Siemers, Björn M., Wiegrebe, Lutz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3617400/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23576990
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2013.00065