Auditory sensitivity and frequency selectivity in greater spear-nosed bats suggest specializations for acoustic communication

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 185-192

  Bohn, K M ^a   Boughman, J W ^c   Wilkinson, G S ^a   Moss, C F ^b  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Frequency discrimination; Hearing; Recognition signals; Social communication

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE; HEARING; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHIROPTERA; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 2442540194     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-003-0485-0     Document Type: Article

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