Auditory capabilities of birds in relation to the structural diversity of the basilar papilla

Hearing Research

Volumn 273, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 80-88

  Gleich, O ^a   Langemann, U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BASILAR MEMBRANE; BIRD; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEARING; HEARING ACUITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND TRANSMISSION; SPECIES COMPARISON; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BASILAR MEMBRANE; BIOMECHANICS; BIRDS; EAR, INNER; HEARING; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 79952898209     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2010.01.009     Document Type: Article

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