Hearing in the FM-bat Phyllostomus discolor: A behavioral audiogram

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

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 779-785

  Esser, K H ^a   Daucher, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory thresholds; Chiroptera; Echolocation calls; Operant conditioning; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

CHIROPTERA; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE; PHYLLOSTOMUS DISCOLOR; PHYLLOSTOMUS ELONGATUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BAT; ECHOLOCATION; HEARING; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; MAZE TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; SOUND; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHIROPTERA; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ECHOLOCATION; HEARING; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; PRESSURE; SOUND; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0030160848     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00225826     Document Type: Article

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