A false killer whale reduces its hearing sensitivity when a loud sound is preceded by a warning

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 3062-3070

  Nachtigall, Paul E ^a   Supin, Alexander Ya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Auditory evoked potentials; Conditioning; Hearing; Whale

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUDITORY EVOKED POTENTIALS; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONDITIONING; DOLPHIN; FEMALE; HEARING; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND; SOUND DETECTION; TIME; WHALE;

AUDITORY EVOKED POTENTIALS; CONDITIONING; HEARING; WHALE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DOLPHINS; FEMALE; HEARING; SOUND; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84881139232     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.085068     Document Type: Article

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