Discrimination of sinusoidally frequency-modulated sound signals mimicking species-specific communication calls in the FM-bat Phyllostomus discolor

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

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 513-522

  Esser, K H ^a   Lud, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Communication calls; Hearing; Psychoacoustics; Vocal signature

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BAT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0031148943     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050068     Document Type: Article

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