Receiver bias and the acoustic ecology of aye-ayes: (Daubentonia madagascariensis)

Communicative and Integrative Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 637-640

  Ramsier, Marissa A ^a   Dominy, thaniel J ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Audiogram; Auditory sensitivity; Daubentonia madagascariensis; Lemur; Receiver bias; Sensory trap; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

DAUBENTONIA MADAGASCARIENSIS; DAUBENTONIIDAE; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE;

EID: 84869753171     PISSN: 19420889     EISSN: 19420889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cib.21509     Document Type: Article

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