Multimodal signaling in animals

Encyclopedia of Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1095-1105

  Otovic, P ^a   Partan, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal communication; Composite signals; Multichannel communication; Multicomponent signals; Multimodal communication; Multisensory communication; Redundant signals; Signal classification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882856957     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008045046-9.01860-X     Document Type: Chapter

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