Auditory encoding during the last moment of a moth's life

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 281-294

  Fullard, James H ^a   Dawson, Jeff W ^a,c   Jacobs, David S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic; Attacking bat; Auditory defence; Echolocation; Eptesicus fuscus; Noctuoid moth; Predator

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BAT; COCHLEAR NERVE; CYTOLOGY; ECHOLOCATION; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; HEARING; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; ULTRASOUND;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; COCHLEAR NERVE; ECHOLOCATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; HEARING; MOTHS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; ULTRASONICS;

ANIMALIA; ARCTIIDAE; CYCNIA; CYCNIA TENERA; EPTESICUS; EPTESICUS FUSCUS; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUOIDEA; NOTODONTIDAE; PANTHERA TIGRIS;

EID: 0037261659     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00085     Document Type: Article

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