Primate communication in the pure ultrasound

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 508-511

  Ramsier, Marissa A ^a   Cunningham, Andrew J ^b   Moritz, Gillian L ^c   Finneran, James J ^d   Williams, Cathy V ^e   Ong, Perry S ^f   Gursky Doyen, Sharon L ^g   Dominy, Nathaniel J ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^d LAC+USC Medical Center   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

^g TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory brainstem response; Bioacoustics; Evoked potential audiogram; Sensory ecology; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CUE; BIOACOUSTICS; MAMMAL; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SIGNALING; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; VOCALIZATION;

CETACEA; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA; TARSIUS SYRICHTA;

EID: 84864437956     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.1149     Document Type: Article

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