Communication breakdown: Limits of spectro-temporal resolution for the perception of bat communication calls

Abstract During vocal communication, the spectro-temporal structure of vocalizations conveys important contextual information. Bats excel in the use of sounds for echolocation by meticulous encoding of signals in the temporal domain. We therefore hypothesized that for social communication as well, b...

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Main Authors: Stephen Gareth Hörpel, A. Leonie Baier, Herbert Peremans, Jonas Reijniers, Lutz Wiegrebe, Uwe Firzlaff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-92842-4