Directional hearing by mechanical coupling in the parasitoid fly Ormia ochracea

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-44

  Robert, D ^a,b   Miles, R N ^c   Hoy, R R ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c State University of New York at Binghamton   (United States)

Author keywords

Insect bioacoustics; Laser vibrometry; Ormia ochracea; Sound localization; Tympanal ear

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; MUS; ORMIA; ORMIA OCHRACEA;

EID: 0029829875     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00193432     Document Type: Article

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