Directional cues in Drosophila melanogaster audition: Structure of acoustic flow and inter-Antennal velocity differences

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 2405-2413

  Morley, Erica L ^a   Steinmann, Thomas ^b   Casas, Jérǒme ^b   Robert, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Directional hearing; Drosophila; Laser Doppler vibrometry; Particle image velocimetry; Particle velocity

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ANTENNA (ORGAN); ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; FLOW KINETICS; HEARING; MALE; OSCILLOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIBRATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD ANTENNAE; CUES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; HEARING; MALE; OSCILLOMETRY; RHEOLOGY; VIBRATION;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 84863825839     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.068940     Document Type: Article

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