Structure and function of the middle ear apparatus of the aquatic frog, Xenopus laevis

5th International Conference on Bioacoustics 2009, Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics

Volumn 31, Issue PART 1, 2009, Pages 13-21

  Mason, M J ^a   Wang, M ^b   Narins, P M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN CLAWED FROG; AIRBORNE SOUND; BODY SIZES; MIDDLE EARS; OUT OF PHASE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; TYMPANIC MEMBRANES; VIBRATION VELOCITY; XENOPUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

BIOACOUSTICS; LASER INTERFEROMETRY;

UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

EID: 84862136653     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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