Auditory sensitivity in the great tit: Perception of signals in the presence and absence of noise

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 763-769

  Langemann, U ^a   Gauger, B ^a   Klump, G M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPERTY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; PASSERINE; SIGNAL; VOCALIZATION;

AVES; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0032167523     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0879     Document Type: Article

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