Budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus) do not hear infrasound: the audiogram from 8 Hz to 10 kHz

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

Volumn 202, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 853-857

  Heffner, Henry E ^a   Koay, Gimseong ^a   Heffner, Rickye S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Audiogram; Chicken; Infrasound; Parakeet; Pigeon

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BUDGERIGAR; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FEMALE; HEARING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY;

ANIMALS; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; ELECTROSHOCK; FEMALE; HEARING; MALE; MELOPSITTACUS; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

EID: 84988698038     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-016-1125-9     Document Type: Article

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