In-flight corrections in free-flying barn owls (Tyto alba) during sound localization tasks

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 2976-2988

  Hausmann, Laura ^a   Plachta, Dennis T T ^a   Singheiser, Martin ^a   Brill, Sandra ^a   Wagner, Hermann ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory; Bam owl; Behavior; Flight; Hearing; Sound localization; Target approaching; Three dimensional

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FLYING; HEAD MOVEMENT; OWL; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SOUND DETECTION; VIDEORECORDING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; HEAD MOVEMENTS; REACTION TIME; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; STRIGIFORMES; VIDEO RECORDING;

AVES; STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA; TYTONIDAE;

EID: 54349129767     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.020057     Document Type: Article

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