Acoustic signal amplitude patterns: A computer simulation investigation of the acoustic adaptation hypothesis

Condor

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 608-623

  Brown, Timothy J ^a   Handford, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

acoustic adaptation hypothesis; amplitude modulation; closed habitats; computer simulation; irregular amplitude fluctuations; open habitats; reverberation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029805564     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369573     Document Type: Article

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