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Receiver bias and the acoustic ecology of aye-ayes (Daubentonia madagascariensis)

The aye-aye is a rare lemur from Madagascar that uses its highly specialized middle digit for percussive foraging. This acoustic behavior, also termed tap-scanning, produces dominant frequencies between 6 and 15 kHz. An enhanced auditory sensitivity to these frequencies raises the possibility that t...

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Autores principales: Ramsier, Marissa A., Dominy, Nathaniel J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Landes Bioscience 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3541336/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23739157
http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/cib.21509