Species differences in the identification of acoustic stimuli by birds

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 184-190

  Dent, M L ^a   Welch, T E ^a   McClaine, E M ^a   Shinn Cunningham, B G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Birds; Birdsong; Hearing; Speech

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LEARNING; PASSERINE; SONG;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BIRD; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPEECH; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FINCHES; HUMANS; MALE; PARAKEETS; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

AVES; MELOPSITTACUS; MELOPSITTACUS UNDULATUS; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 39149132119     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2007.11.005     Document Type: Article

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