Ultrasonic singing by the blue-throated hummingbird: A comparison between production and perception

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 190, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 665-673

  Pytte, Carolyn L ^a   Ficken, Millicent S ^b   Moiseff, Andrew ^c  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Hearing; Hummingbird; Perception; Song; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEARING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SOUND; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRASOUND; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HEARING; MALE; SOUND; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ULTRASONICS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 7744235003     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-004-0525-4     Document Type: Article

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