Masking by harmonic complexes in budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus)

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1737-1744

  Leek, Marjorie R ^a   Dent, Micheal L ^b   Dooling, Robert J ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; PARROTS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034052979     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.428455     Document Type: Article

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