Spatial echo suppression and echo-acoustic object normalization in echolocating bats [Elektronische Ressource] / Maike Schuchmann

Spatial Echo Suppression and Echo-Acoustic Object Normalization in Echolocating Bats Dissertation der Fakultät für Biologie der Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität München Maike Schuchmann Munich, 22.12.2006 Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: Freitag, der 13.04.2007 Gutachter: 1. PD Dr. Wiegrebe 22.. PPrrooff.. DDrr.. SScchhuulllleerr 3. Prof. Dr. Grupe 4. Prof. Dr. Starck 5. Prof. Dr. Foitzik 6. Prof. Dr. Boshart 6. Prof. Dr. Boshart to my parents Index Zusammenfassung ____________________________________________________________i Summary ____________________________________________________________________i Echo suppression in bats___________________________________________________ 1 1.1 Introduction __________________________________________________________ 2 1.2 Experimental procedures ______________________________________________ 10 1.2.1 Animals__________________________________________________________________ 10 1.2.1.1 Megaderma lyra ______________________________________________________ 10 1.2.1.2 Phyllostomus discolor __________________________________________________ 11 1.2.2 Experimental setup _________________________________________________________ 12 1.2.2.1 Megaderma lyra ______________________________________________________ 12 1.2.2.2 Phyllostomus discolor __________________________________________________ 15 1.2.