Preliminary evidence for the use of microseismic cues for navigation by the Namib golden mole

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1260-1268

  Lewis, Edwin R ^a   Narins, Peter M ^b   Jarvis, Jennifer U M ^c   Bronner, Gary ^c   Mason, Matthew J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW-AMPLITUDE VIBRATIONS; MICROSEISMIC CUES; NAMIB GOLDEN MOLE; SAND-SWIMMING MODE;

ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; BIODIVERSITY; NAVIGATION; SAND; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

SEISMIC WAVES;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESERT; FORAGING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SAND; SURFACE PROPERTY; SWIMMING; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VIBRATION;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INSECTS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOLES; POACEAE; PROBABILITY; VIBRATION;

EID: 31744450543     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2151790     Document Type: Article

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