Inner ear anatomy is a proxy for deducing auditory capability and behaviour in reptiles and birds

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1660, 2009, Pages 1355-1360

  Walsh, Stig A ^a   Barrett, Paul M ^a   Milner, Angela C ^a   Manley, Geoffrey ^b   Witmer, Lawrence M ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basilar papilla; Bird; Cochlear duct; Hearing; Reptile; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIRD; DATA SET; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; HEARING; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PAIR BOND; PALEOBIOLOGY; REPTILE; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; COCHLEA DUCT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING ACUITY; INNER EAR; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; VOCALIZATION; ANIMAL; HEARING; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AVES; REPTILIA;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; EAR, INNER; HEARING; REPTILES; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 64849117134     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1390     Document Type: Article

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