Aversiveness of sounds in phocid seals: Psycho-physiological factors, learning processes and motivation

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1536-1548

  Götz, Thomas ^a   Janik, Vincent M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aversive; Discomfort; Habituation; Halichoerus grypus; Noise; Phoca vitulina; Phocids; Roughness; Seal; Stress; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; MAMMALIA; PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 77951530507     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.035535     Document Type: Article

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