Acoustic shadows help gleaning bats find prey, but may be defeated by prey acoustic camouflage on rough surfaces
Perceptual abilities of animals, like echolocating bats, are difficult to study because they challenge our understanding of non-visual senses. We used novel acoustic tomography to convert echoes into visual representations and compare these cues to traditional echo measurements. We provide a new hyp...
Main Authors: | , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2015-09-01
|
Series: | eLife |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/07404 |