Auditory saccular sensitivity of the vocal Lusitanian toadfish: Low frequency tuning allows acoustic communication throughout the year

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

Volumn 197, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 903-913

  Vasconcelos, Raquel O ^a   Sisneros, Joseph A ^b   Amorim, M Clara P ^c   Fonseca, Paulo J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Batrachoididae; Hearing; Saccule; Tuning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BATRACHOIDIFORMES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HAIR CELL; HEARING; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUND; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VESTIBULE; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BATRACHOIDIFORMES; FEMALE; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY; HEARING; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SACCULE AND UTRICLE; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOUND; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 80052034548     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-011-0651-8     Document Type: Article

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