Exploring the mammalian sensory space: Co-operations and trade-offs among senses

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 199, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1077-1092

  Nummela, Sirpa ^a   Pihlström, Henry ^a   Puolamäki, Kai ^b   Fortelius, Mikael ^a   Hemilä, Simo ^a   Reuter, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Department of Information and Computer Science ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Hearing; Olfaction; Sensory ecology; Vibrissae; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; EAR; ECOSYSTEM; EYE; HEARING; HISTOLOGY; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; NOSE; ODOR; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSE ORGAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIBRISSA; VISION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; EAR; ECOSYSTEM; EYE; HEARING; MAMMALS; NOSE; ORGAN SIZE; SENSE ORGANS; SMELL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIBRISSAE; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 84888367732     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-013-0846-2     Document Type: Article

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