A simple method for recording low-amplitude sounds. application to the study of the courtship song of the fruit fly drosophila melanogaster

Bioacoustics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-67

  Aubin, T ^a   Rybak, F ^a   Moulin, B ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Background noise removal; Courtship song; Drosophila melanogaster; Low amplitude sound recording

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EQUIPMENT; BIOACOUSTICS; COURTSHIP; METHODOLOGY;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0033815838     PISSN: 09524622     EISSN: 21650586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09524622.2000.9753449     Document Type: Article

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