Auditory sensitivity and the frequency selectivity of auditory filters in the Carolina chickadee, Poecile carolinensis

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 497-507

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

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Audiogram; Auditory brainstem response (ABR); Auditory filter; Carolina chickadee; Coevolution; Frequency resolution; Frequency selectivity; Notched noise; Poecile carolinensis; Vocal communication

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CUE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COEVOLUTION; FILTER; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HABITAT TYPE; NOISE; PERCEPTION; RESOLUTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VOCALIZATION; WOODLAND;

PARIDAE; PARUS CAROLINENSIS; PASSERI;

EID: 77955564950     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.06.012     Document Type: Article

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