Acoustic signal perception in a noisy habitat: Lessons from synchronising insects

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

Volumn 198, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 397-409

  Hartbauer, M ^a   Siegert, M E ^a   Fertschai, I ^a   Romer H ^a  

^a Inst Zool an Karl Franzens Univ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Background noise; Chorus synchrony; Entrainment; Signal detection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; GRYLLIDAE; HEARING; INTERNEURON; MALE; NOISE; PERCEPTION; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND DETECTION; TIME; TREE; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; ECOSYSTEM; GRYLLIDAE; INTERNEURONS; MALE; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PERIODICITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; TREES; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84861418772     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-012-0718-1     Document Type: Article

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