Analysis and effectiveness of deer whistles for motor vehicles: Frequencies, levels, and animal threshold responses

Acoustic Research Letters Online

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 71-76

  Scheifele, Peter M ^a   Browning, David G ^b   Collins Scheifele, Lesa M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c The Lost Ark Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL THRESHOLD RESPONSES; DEER WHISTLES; MOTOR VEHICLES; ULTRASONIC SIGNALS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ALARM SYSTEMS; ATTENUATION; AUTOMOBILE ENGINES; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; GROUND VEHICLES; SIGNAL ENCODING;

ACOUSTICS;

EID: 2942735338     PISSN: 15297853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1582071     Document Type: Article

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