Correlations between auditory structures and hearing sensitivity in non-human primates

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 271, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 511-532

  Coleman, Mark N ^a   Colbert, Matthew W ^b  

^a MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory functional morphology; Inner ear; Middle ear; Outer ear; Phylogenetic comparative methods; Primate hearing

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLASSIFICATION; COCHLEA; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EAR; EVOLUTION; EXTERNAL EAR; HEARING; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE EAR; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; SOUND; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACOUSTICS; ANATOMY, COMPARATIVE; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLASSIFICATION; COCHLEA; EAR; EAR AURICLE; EAR, MIDDLE; EVOLUTION; HEARING; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATES; SOUND; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

PRIMATES;

EID: 77950397795     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10814     Document Type: Article

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