Echolocation : clicking for supper

When close to prey, porpoises actively widen their sonar beam, which may make it harder for the prey to escape. Publisher PDF Peer reviewed

Bibliographic Details
Published in:eLife
Main Author: Tyack, Peter Lloyd
Other Authors: Office of Naval Research, University of St Andrews. School of Biology, University of St Andrews. Centre for Social Learning & Cognitive Evolution, University of St Andrews. Marine Alliance for Science & Technology Scotland, University of St Andrews. Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St Andrews. Sound Tags Group, University of St Andrews. Bioacoustics group, University of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Institute
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2015
Subjects:
Phocoena phocoena
Echolocation
Beam directionality
Buzz
Prey capture
Convergent evolution
QL Zoology
QH301 Biology
QL
QH301
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10023/6702
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.07690
Description
Summary:When close to prey, porpoises actively widen their sonar beam, which may make it harder for the prey to escape. Publisher PDF Peer reviewed

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