Bioacoustics & Ecoacoustics Glossary

forward masking

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"Overlap of the emitted echolocation call with the echo reflected from a target because the target is too close to the bat making. The echo is said to be masked for low duty cycle bats because the bats hearing is still 'switched off' to avoid self-deafening." [1]

Reference: [1] Jacobs DS, Bastian A. Predator-Prey Interactions: Co-evolution between Bats and their Prey. Springer; 2016.