Narrow Acoustic Field of View Drives Frequency Scaling in Toothed Whale Biosonar

Frants H. Jensen, Mark Johnson, Michael Ladegaard, Danuta M. Wisniewska, Peter T. Madsen

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Abstract

Jensen et al. analyze scaling of echolocation parameters in toothed whales. They show that large species use lower frequency and higher source levels for longer prey detection range. In contrast, species have converged on remarkably similar beamwidth, suggesting that a narrow field of view drives inverse frequency scaling in cetacean biosonar.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)3878-3885.e3
JournalCurrent Biology
Volume28
Issue number23
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 3 2018
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • biosonar directivity
  • echolocation
  • ecology
  • evolution
  • field of view
  • foraging
  • frequency scaling
  • phylogenetic comparative methods
  • toothed whales

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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