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Echolocating bats emit a highly directional sonar sound beam in the field by Annemarie Surlykke, Simon Boel Pedersen, and Lasse Jakobsen Proceedings B Volume 276(1658):853-860 March 7, 2009 ©2009 by The Royal Society

Echolocating bats emit a highly directional sonar sound beam in the field by Annemarie Surlykke, Simon Boel Pedersen, and Lasse Jakobsen Proceedings B

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Page 1: Echolocating bats emit a highly directional sonar sound beam in the field by Annemarie Surlykke, Simon Boel Pedersen, and Lasse Jakobsen Proceedings B

Echolocating bats emit a highly directional sonar sound beam in the field

by Annemarie Surlykke, Simon Boel Pedersen, and Lasse Jakobsen

Proceedings BVolume 276(1658):853-860

March 7, 2009

©2009 by The Royal Society

Page 2: Echolocating bats emit a highly directional sonar sound beam in the field by Annemarie Surlykke, Simon Boel Pedersen, and Lasse Jakobsen Proceedings B

(a) The set-up with a linear horizontal array of three microphones and one microphone above the middle microphone.

Annemarie Surlykke et al. Proc. R. Soc. B 2009;276:853-860

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(a,b) Isolation of first harmonic.

Annemarie Surlykke et al. Proc. R. Soc. B 2009;276:853-860

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Removing interference from water reflections.

Annemarie Surlykke et al. Proc. R. Soc. B 2009;276:853-860

©2009 by The Royal Society

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Flight path, beam direction and spectra.

Annemarie Surlykke et al. Proc. R. Soc. B 2009;276:853-860

©2009 by The Royal Society

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Echolocation beam shape depends on frequency.

Annemarie Surlykke et al. Proc. R. Soc. B 2009;276:853-860

©2009 by The Royal Society

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(a) Individual calls compared to average beam shape.

Annemarie Surlykke et al. Proc. R. Soc. B 2009;276:853-860

©2009 by The Royal Society