Detection of frequency modulation in the FM-bat Phyllostomus discolor

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

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 787-796

  Esser, K H ^a   Kiefer, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Frequency discrimination; Hearing; Operant conditioning; Psychoacoustics

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CHIROPTERA; MAMMALIA; PHYLLOSTOMUS DISCOLOR; PHYLLOSTOMUS ELONGATUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BAT; CALIBRATION; DECISION MAKING; ECHOLOCATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEARING; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CALIBRATION; CHIROPTERA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ECHOLOCATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; PITCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030159581     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00225827     Document Type: Article

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