Combination sensitivity and processing of communication calls in the inferior colliculus of the moustached bat pteronotus parnellii

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 253-257

  Portfors, Christine V ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory system; Bat; Communication calls; Inferior colliculus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MORMOOPIDAE; PTERONOTUS; PTERONOTUS PARNELLII;

EID: 3042589735     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0001-37652004000200010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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