Listening in the dark; : the acoustic orientation of bats and men

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Label

Listening in the dark; : the acoustic orientation of bats and men

Title remainder

the acoustic orientation of bats and men

Instantiates

• Listening in the dark; : the acoustic orientation of bats and men

Publication

• New Haven, Yale University Press, 1958

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Carrier category

volume

Carrier category code

• nc

Carrier MARC source

rdacarrier

Content category

text

Content type code

• txt

Content type MARC source

rdacontent

Contents

1. The nature of bats -- 2. Vital energetics and migrations -- 3. The acoustic orientation of bats -- 4. The voices of bats -- 5. The hearing of bats -- 6. Success and failure of bats' acoustic orientation -- 7. The pursuit of insect prey -- 8. Diversity of acoustic orientation in bats which feed on insects and fish -- 9. Fruit bats and vampires -- 10. From whales to water beetles -- 11. Acoustic orientation in nocturnal birds -- 12. Echolocation by the blind -- 13. Artificial devices for human echolocation -- 14. The acuity of echolocation -- 15. The experimental naturalist in modern science

Control code

ocm00557878

Dimensions

25 cm

Extent

413 pages

Lccn

58005458

Media category

unmediated

Media MARC source

rdamedia

Media type code

• n

Other physical details

illustrations

Record ID

u24833

System control number

• (Sirsi) o00557878
• (OCoLC)00557878