The perception of complex tones by a false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens)

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1768-1774

  Yuen, Michelle M L ^a,b   Nachtigall, Paul E ^a   Breese, Marlee ^a   Vlachos, Stephanie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; BIOCOMMUNICATIONS; MAMMALS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCY; HARMONIC FREQUENCIES; PSEUDORCA CRASSIDENS; WHALES;

AUDIO ACOUSTICS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; KILLER WHALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND INTENSITY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; DOLPHINS; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE;

EID: 34147149615     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2436640     Document Type: Article

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