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. 2015 Sep 9;10(9):e0135590. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135590

Table 1. Signal parameters of type 1 and type 2 echolocation calls.

call type type 1 type 2 t p significance level
N = 24 (n = 86) N = 23 (n = 110)
duration [ms] mean (± SD) 1.7 (± 0.4) 2.5 (± 0.4) 7.10 < 0.0001 ***
range 1.1–2.4 1.8–3.1
N = 9 (n = 19) N = 7 (n = 43)
pulse interval [ms] to preceeding call mean (± SD) 67.9 (± 12.8) 59.3 (± 11.4)
range 49.0–92.1 42.3–92.0
N = 24 (n = 86) N = 23 (n = 110)
start freq [kHz] mean (± SD) 35.9 (± 1.3) 44.3 (± 0.9) 25.89 < 0.0001 ***
range 33.4–38.0 42.4–46.2
N = 24 (n = 86) N = 23 (n = 110)
terminal freq [kHz] mean (± SD) 31.2 (± 0.8) 35.1 (± 1.9) 9.19 < 0.0001 ***
range 29.6–32.5 31.0–38.4
N = 24 (n = 86) N = 23 (n = 110)
bandwidth [kHz] mean (± SD) 4.7 (± 1.0) 9.2 (± 1.9) 10.37 < 0.0001 ***
range 3.2–6.4 6.5–12.9
N = 24 (n = 86) N = 23 (n = 110)
peak freq [kHz] mean (± SD) 33.6 (± 1.1) 40.1 (± 1.2) 18.99 < 0.0001 ***
range 31.7–36.3 37.5–41.7
N = 24 (n = 86) N = 23 (n = 110)
apparent source level [dB] mean (± SD) 79.9 (± 5.1) 82.4 (± 3.6) 1.90 = 0.0642 n.s.
range 70.0–90.0 76.4–88.1
N = 8 (n = 14) N = 7 (n = 11)
source level [dB] mean (± SD) 80.9 (± 7.5) 82.0 (± 4.1) 0.37 = 0.7206 n.s.
range 70.0–90.2 77.1–87.8

Parameters of echolocation signals in Barbastella barbastellus emitted when flying towards the microphone array. For each sequence only the mean of the parameters was used so as to avoid pseudoreplication. N = number of recorded sequences, n = number of signals contained in the sequences used to calculate the corresponding mean.