Tympanal mechanics and neural responses in the ears of a noctuid moth

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1057-1061

  Ter Hofstede, Hannah M ^a,b   Goerlitz, Holger R ^a   Montealegre Z, Fernando ^a   Robert, Daniel ^a   Holderied, Marc W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditory threshold; Lepidoptera; Moth auditory biomechanics; Neurophysiology

Indexed keywords

BAT; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; CYTOLOGY; ECHOLOCATION; HEARING; LASER METHOD; MEMBRANE; MOTH; NEUROLOGY; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PARAMETERIZATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PREDATION RISK; THRESHOLD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COCHLEAR NERVE; HEARING; HISTOLOGY; MIDDLE EAR; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; COCHLEAR NERVE; EAR, MIDDLE; HEARING; MOTHS;

LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE;

EID: 83555174659     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-011-0851-7     Document Type: Article

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