Auditory sensitivity and ecological relevance: The functional audiogram as modelled by the bat detecting moth ear

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

Volumn 196, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 453-462

  Jackson, Matthew E ^a   Asi, Navdeep S ^a   Fullard, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic startle response; Audiogram; Bat detection; Lepidoptera; Neural behavioural threshold

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BAT; COCHLEAR NERVE; ECOLOGY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; HEARING; IN VITRO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MOTH; ONLINE SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; PROCEDURES;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHIROPTERA; COCHLEAR NERVE; ECOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; HEARING; MOTHS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; REACTION TIME; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES;

EID: 77954029503     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-010-0529-1     Document Type: Article

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