Hearing threshold and frequency discrimination in the purely aquatic frog Xenopus laevis (Pipidae): Measurement by means of conditioning

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 23, 2000, Pages 3621-3629

  Elepfandt, A ^a   Eistetter, I ^a   Fleig, A ^a   Gunther E ^a   Hainich, M ^a   Hepperle, S ^a   Traub, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Audiogram; Conditioning; Critical band; Frequency discrimination; Frog; Hearing; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; PIPIDAE; XENOPUS (GENUS); XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0034479391     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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