Infant rodent ultrasounds - A gate to the understanding of sound communication

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-29

  Ehret, Günter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arousal; Auditory perception; Instinctive behavior; Mouse; Phonotaxis; Ultrasound communication

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMOTION; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; SOUND DETECTION; ULTRASOUND; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMMUNICATION; RODENTIA; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 13644263307     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-004-0853-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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