The peripheral auditory characteristics of noctuid moths: Responses to the search-phase echolocation calls of bats

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 847-856

  Waters, Dean A ^a,b   Jones, Gareth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agrotis segetum; Audition; Auditory sensitivity; Bats; Call apparency; Echolocation; Noctua pronuba; Noctuid moths; Sonar

Indexed keywords

EID: 5844222588     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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