A wide range of different harmonic patterns is found in echolocation signals of bats. Often a gradual change from single harmonic pulses to multiple-harmonic ones can be observed when FM-bats detect and approach their prey in free flight. Multiple-harmonic pulses may also be used for orientation in space under reverberant conditions or for target discrimination. The appearance of the harmonic structure of a bat pulse is influenced by the Q of vocal tract resonances. At low Q multiple harmonics increase the signal bandwidth and thus improve the ranging and discriminative properties of a pulse. At high Q dumbell pulses are created.
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Zbinden, K. (1988). Harmonic Structure of Bat Echolocation Signals. In Animal Sonar (pp. 581–587). Springer US. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7493-0_58
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