Time-resolved tympanal mechanics of the locust

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 5, Issue 29, 2008, Pages 1435-1443

  Windmill, J F C ^a   Bockenhauer, S ^a   Robert, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Frequency; Place principle; Time resolved laser vibrometry; Tympanal membrane

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

ACOUSTIC FREQUENCY; FREQUENCY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; LASER VIBROMETRY; PLACE PRINCIPLE; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; VIBRATIONAL WAVE;

BIOACOUSTICS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EARDRUM; GRASSHOPPER; HEARING; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND DETECTION; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; VIBRATION;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; GRASSHOPPERS; HEARING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE; VIBRATION;

EID: 58749111664     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2008.0131     Document Type: Article

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