Habitat-related differences in the frequency selectivity of auditory filters in songbirds

Functional Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 614-624

  Henry, Kenneth S ^a   Lucas, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic adaptation hypothesis; Auditory brainstem response; Frequency resolution; Notched noise masking; Vocal communication

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AUDITORY CUE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; RESPONSE ANALYSIS; SONGBIRD; VOCALIZATION; WOODLAND;

BAEOLOPHUS BICOLOR; EMBERIZINAE; JUNCO HYEMALIS; PARUS BICOLOR; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERI; SITTA CAROLINENSIS; ZONOTRICHIA; ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS;

EID: 77955056982     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2009.01674.x     Document Type: Article

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