Animal Sonar Systems

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv
The Early History of Research on Echolocation....Pages 1-8
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Behavioral Methodology in Echolocation by Marine Mammals....Pages 11-41
Detection Range and Range Resolution of Echolocating Bottlenose Porpoise ( Tursiops truncatus )....Pages 43-70
Odontocete Echolocation Performance on Object Size, Shape and Material....Pages 71-95
Cetacean Obstacle Avoidance....Pages 97-108
Performance of Airborne Animal Sonar Systems: I. Microchiroptera....Pages 109-181
Performance of Airborne Biosonar Systems: II. Vertebrates Other than Microchiroptera....Pages 183-195
Front Matter....Pages 197-197
Functional and Descriptive Anatomy of the Bottlenosed Dolphin Nasolaryngeal System with Special Reference to the Musculature Associated with Sound Production....Pages 199-238
Electromyographic and Pressure Events in the Nasolaryngeal System of Dolphins during Sound Production....Pages 239-249
Echolocation Signals of the Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin ( Tursiops truncatus) in Open Waters....Pages 251-282
Acoustics and the Behavior of Sperm Whales....Pages 283-290
Click Sounds from Animals at Sea....Pages 291-297
Signal Characteristics for Target Localization and Discrimination....Pages 299-308
Echolocation Signals and Echoes in Air....Pages 309-353
Echolocation Ontogeny in Bats....Pages 355-377
Front Matter....Pages 379-379
Adaptiveness and Ecology of Echolocation in Toothed Whales....Pages 381-425
Adaptiveness and Ecology of Echolocation in Terrestrial (Aerial) Systems....Pages 427-446
Front Matter....Pages 447-447
Sound Reception in the Porpoise as it Relates to Echolocation....Pages 449-467
Behavioral Measures of Odontocete Hearing....Pages 469-481
Electrophysiological Experiments on Hearing in Odontocetes....Pages 483-493
Front Matter....Pages 447-447
Peripheral Sound Processing in Odontocetes....Pages 495-509
Cetacean Brain Research: Need for New Directions....Pages 511-514
Important Areas for Future Cetacean Auditory Study....Pages 515-518
Auditory Processing of Echoes: Peripheral Processing....Pages 519-548
Organizational and Encoding Features of Single Neurons in the Inferior Colliculus of Bats....Pages 549-587
Auditory Processing of Echoes: Representation of Acoustic Information from the Environment in the Bat Cerebral Cortex....Pages 589-611
Front Matter....Pages 613-613
Models of Cetacean Signal Processing....Pages 615-623
Models for Echolocation....Pages 625-671
Energy Spectrum Analysis in Echolocation....Pages 673-693
The Processing of Sonar Echoes by Bats....Pages 695-714
Signal Processing and Design Related to Bat Sonar Systems....Pages 715-729
Models of Spatial Information Processing in Biosonar Systems and Methods Suggested to Validate Them....Pages 731-745
A New Concept of Echo Evaluation in the Auditory System of Bats....Pages 747-761
Front Matter....Pages 763-763
Sensing System Design Using Knowledge of Animal Acoustic Systems....Pages 765-768
Air Sonars with Acoustical Display of Spatial Information....Pages 769-816
Discrimination of Complex Information in an Artificially Generated Auditory Space Using New Auditory Sensations....Pages 817-843
Front Matter....Pages 845-845
The Role of Cranial Structures in Odontocete Sonar Signal Emission....Pages 847-849
Binaural Estimation of Cross-Range Velocity and Optimum Escape Maneuvers by Moths....Pages 851-852
Dolphin Whistles as Velocity-Sensitive Sonar/Navigation Signals....Pages 853-854
Target Recognition via Echolocation by Tursiops truncatus ....Pages 855-858
Front Matter....Pages 845-845
Sphere-Cylinder Discrimination Via Echolocation by Tursiops truncatus ....Pages 859-862
Frequency Selectivity of Constant Latency Neurons in the Inferior Colliculus of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats....Pages 863-865
Structural Adaptation in the Cochlea of the Horseshoe Bat for the Analysis of Long CF-FM Echolocating Signals....Pages 867-869
Similarities in Design Features of Orientation Sounds Used by Simpler, Nonaquatic Echolocators....Pages 871-874
Rat Echolocation: Correlations between Object Detection and Click Production....Pages 875-877
Signal Design for Matched Filter Detection in a Reverberation-Limited Environment: Application to Cetacean Echolocation Signals....Pages 879-879
Variations in the Characteristics of Pulse Emissions of a Tursiops truncatus During the Approach Process and the Acoustic Identification of Different Polygonal Shapes....Pages 881-884
Neural Mechanisms for Target Ranging in an Echolocating Bat Eptesicus fuscus ....Pages 885-887
Hunting Strategies and Echolocating Performance of Bats — Quantitative Behavioral Laboratory Analysis....Pages 889-890
Low-Frequency Receiver of the Middle Ear in Mysticetes and Odontocetes....Pages 891-893
Morphological Adaptations of the Sound Conducting Apparatus in Echolocating Mammals....Pages 895-898
Echolocation Signal Design as a Potential Counter-Countermeasure Against Moth Audition....Pages 899-900
Vocalizations of Malaysian Bats (Microchiroptera and Megachiroptera)....Pages 901-904
A Reconstructing Technique for the Nasal Air Sacs System in Toothed Whales....Pages 905-908
An Analogue Device for the Generation of Sonar Ambiguity Diagrams....Pages 909-911
The Constant Frequency Component of the Biosonar Signals of the Bat, Pteronotus parnellii parnellii ....Pages 913-916
The Avoidance of Stationary and Moving Obstacles by Little Brown Bats, Myotis lucifugus ....Pages 917-919
Echolocation and Behavior....Pages 921-923
The Function of Lateral Inhibition in the Recognition of Frequency Spectra....Pages 925-927
Further Studies of Masking in the Greater Horseshoe Bat, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum ....Pages 929-932
Front Matter....Pages 845-845
Dolphin Air Sac Motion Measurements During Vocalization by Two Noninvasive Ultrasonic Methods....Pages 933-935
A Theory of the Spermaceti Organ in Sperm Whale Sound Production....Pages 937-940
How the Green Lacewing Avoids Bats: Behavior and Physiology....Pages 941-943
Cylinder and Cube Shape Discrimination by an Echolocating Blindfolded Bottlenosed Dolphin....Pages 945-947
“Range” Information Processing at the Highest Levels of the Auditory System....Pages 949-951
The Functional Organisation of the Auditory Cortex in the CF — FM Bat Rhinolophus ferrumequinum ....Pages 953-955
 Tursiops Biosonar Detection in Noise....Pages 957-959
Correlation Analysis of Echolocation Pulses....Pages 961-963
The Cochlea in Pteronotus parnellii ....Pages 965-967
Activity of the Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Due to the Production of Ultrasonic Echolocation Sounds in the CF-FM Bat, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum ....Pages 969-971
Single Brain Stem Unit Responses to Binaural Stimuli Simulating Moving Sounds in Rhinolophus ferrumequinum ....Pages 973-975
Alterations of Auditory Responsiveness by the Active Emission of Echolocation Sounds in the Bat, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum ....Pages 977-979
Stimulus Control of Echolocation Pulses in Tursiops truncatus ....Pages 981-982
Response Bias and Attention in Discriminative Echolocation by Tursiops truncatus ....Pages 983-986
The Auditory Pathway of the Greater Horseshoe Bat, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum ....Pages 987-989
Grey Seal, Halichoerus: Echolocation Not Demonstrated....Pages 991-993
The Role of the Anterior and Posterior Cricothyroid Muscles in the Production of Echolocative Pulses by Mormoopidae....Pages 995-997
Coding of Sinusoidally Frequency-Modulated Signals by Single Cochlear Nucleus Neurons of Rhinolophus ferrumequinum ....Pages 999-1001
Single Unit Responses to Frequency-Modulated Sounds and Signal-Noise Combinations. A Comparative Study of the Inferior Colliculus of Molossid Bats....Pages 1003-1003
Ascending Auditory Pathways in the Brain Stem of the Bat, Pteronotus parnellii ....Pages 1005-1006
General Bibliography....Pages 1007-1073
Back Matter....Pages 1075-1135