Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 1978 |
Authors: | Cohen, SM, Stebbins, WC, Moody, DB |
Journal: | The Auk |
Volume: | 95 |
Issue: | 3 |
Date Published: | 1978 |
ISBN Number: | 00048038 |
Keywords: | Corvidae, Cyanocitta, Cyanocitta cristata, Garrulus, Garrulus glandarius |
Abstract: | The audibility thresholds of two Blue Jays were measured behaviorally using operant conditioning and psychophysical techniques. The jays responded to pure tones between 0.25 and 10 kHz. Their thresholds are similar to those reported for seven other passerines. This indicates that passerines are somewhat less sensitive than man in the detection of sounds in the 1 to 4 kHz range and considerably less sensitive than man to sounds above and below this range. |
URL: | http://www.jstor.org/stable/4085159 |
Short Title: | The Auk |
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