Extremely high frequency sensitivity in a 'simple' ear

Biology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Moir, Hannah M ^a,b   Jackson, Joseph C ^a   Windmill, James F C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioacoustics; Electrophysiology; Galleria mellonella; Hearing; Laser doppler vibrometry; Tympanal organ

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BAT; BIOACOUSTICS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HEARING; MOTH; PREY LOCATION; ULTRASONICS;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BAT; EAR; ECHOLOCATION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; HEARING; MALE; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; ARTICLE; BIOACOUSTICS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; LASER DOPPLER VIBROMETRY; TYMPANAL ORGAN;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHIROPTERA; EAR; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; HEARING; MALE; MOTHS;

BIOACOUSTICS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HEARING; LASER DOPPLER VIBROMETRY; TYMPANAL ORGAN;

EID: 84880813306     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0241     Document Type: Article

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