Sound localisation in a habitat: An analytical approach to quantifying the degradation of directional cues

Bioacoustics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 291-313

  Michelsen, Axel ^a   Rohrseitz, Kristin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Degradation; Directional hearing; Grasshopper; Localization; Pressure difference receiver; Sound

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL CUE; GRASSHOPPER; SOUND DEGRADATION;

ACRIDIDAE; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0031457652     PISSN: 09524622     EISSN: 21650586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09524622.1997.9753341     Document Type: Article

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