Effects of age and size in the ears of gekkonomorph lizards: Middle-ear sensitivity

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 3215-3223

  Werner, Yehudah L ^a   Igić, Petar G ^a   Seifan, Merav ^a   Saunders, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age effect; Gecko; Lizard; Middle ear; Size effect; Transfer function

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BIOMECHANICS; EARDRUM; HEARING; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; MIDDLE EAR; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGING; ANIMALS; AUDIOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; EAR, MIDDLE; HEARING; LIZARDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

ANIMALIA; GEKKO; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0036033910     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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