Sound localization in a small passerine bird: Discrimination of azimuth as a function of head orientation and sound frequency

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 4121-4133

  Nelson, Brian S ^a   Suthers, Roderick A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Azimuth; Orientation; Songbird; Sound localization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEAD; HEARING; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; SOUND DETECTION; VISION;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; HEAD; ORIENTATION; PASSERIFORMES; SOUND LOCALIZATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

AVES; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; PIPILO; PIPILO ERYTHROPHTHALMUS;

EID: 11144312504     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01230     Document Type: Article

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