How nature shaped echolocation in animals

• Main Author: Cynthia F Moss (auth)
• Other Authors: Mariana L Melcon (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2014
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Physiology; bats; Biosonar; Humans; marine mammals; sensory biology; Birds; Behavior; Communication
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Echolocation has evolved in different groups of animals, from bats and cetaceans to birds and humans, and enables localization and tracking of objects in a dynamic environment, where light levels may be very low or absent. Nature has shaped echolocation, an active sense that engages audiomotor feedb...