Frequency discrimination in budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus): Effects of tone duration and tonal context

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 107, Issue 5 I, 2000, Pages 2657-2664

  Dent, Micheal L ^a   Dooling, Robert J ^a   Pierce, Alisa S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; PARROTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034078742     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.428651     Document Type: Article

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