Auditory relationships to size in noctuid moths: Bigger is better

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 238-241

  Surlykke, Annemarie ^a   Filskov, Mads ^a   Fullard, James H ^b   Forrest, Evelyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BAT; BODY SURFACE; COCHLEAR NERVE; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EARDRUM; ECHOLOCATION; MOTH; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032974406     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050607     Document Type: Article

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