Echolocation in Bats and Dolphins

Book Overview

Although bats and dolphins live in very different environments, are vastly different in size, and hunt different kinds of prey, both groups have evolved similar sonar systems, known as echolocation, to locate food and navigate the skies and seas. While much research has been conducted over the past thirty years on echolocation in bats and dolphins, this volume is the first to compare what is known about echolocation in each group, to point out what...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226795993
• ISBN13: 9780226795997
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 631 Pages
• Weight: 3.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.5" x 10.9"