A tympanal insect ear exploits a critical oscillator for active amplification and tuning

Current Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 1952-1957

  Mhatre, Natasha ^a   Robert, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENSIFERA (INSECTS); HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL HYPOXIA; EAR; EVOLUTION; GRYLLIDAE; HEARING; MIDDLE EAR; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL HYPOXIA; EAR; EAR, MIDDLE; GRYLLIDAE; HEARING; SOUND; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84885296630     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.08.028     Document Type: Article

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