Absolute hearing thresholds and critical masking ratios in the European barn owl: A comparison with other owls

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

Volumn 182, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 695-702

  Dyson, M L ^a,b   Klump, G M ^a   Gauger, B ^a,c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absolute threshold; Barn owl; Basilar papilla; Bird; Critical masking ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031894397     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050214     Document Type: Article

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