Representation of complex vocalizations in the Lusitanian toadfish auditory system: Evidence of fine temporal, frequency and amplitude discrimination

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1707, 2011, Pages 826-834

  Vasconcelos, Raquel O ^a   Fonseca, Paulo J ^a   Amorim, M Clara P ^b   Ladich, Friedrich ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Amplitude modulation detection; Auditory evoked potential; Batrachoididae; Conspecific sounds; Hearing; Temporal encoding

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AMPLITUDE; AUDITORY CUE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DOLPHIN; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEARING; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MATING BEHAVIOR; PERCIFORM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VOCALIZATION;

ARGYROSOMUS REGIUS; BATRACHOIDIDAE; BATRACHOIDIDAE GEN. SP.; HALOBATRACHUS DIDACTYLUS; PISCES; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 79952336283     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1376     Document Type: Conference Paper

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