Target distance-dependent variation of hearing sensitivity during echolocation in a false killer whale

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 3830-3836

  Supin, Alexander Ya ^a   Nachtigall, Paul E ^b   Breese, Marlee ^b  

^a SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY EVOKED POTENTIAL; ECHO ATTENUATION; ECHOLOCATION CLICKS; FALSE KILLER WHALES; HEARING SENSITIVITY; PSEUDORCA CRASSIDENS;

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; SOUND RECORDING; TARGETS; UNDERWATER AUDITION;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DOLPHIN; ECHOLOCATION; ENVIRONMENT; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEARING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; DOLPHINS; ECHOLOCATION; ENVIRONMENT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 77953578260     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3425733     Document Type: Article

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