A comparison of auditory brainstem responses across diving bird species

• Published in: Journal of Comparative Physiology A
• Main Authors: Crowell, Sara E., Wells-Berlin, Alicia M., Carr, Catherine E., Olsen, Glenn H., Therrien, Ronald E., Yannuzzi, Sally E., Ketten, Darlene R.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Article; Wever; Common Eider
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4512887/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26156644; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00359-015-1024-5

There is little biological data available for diving birds because many live in hard-to-study, remote habitats. Only one species of diving bird, the black-footed penguin (Spheniscus demersus), has been studied in respect to auditory capabilities (Wever et al. 1969). We therefore measured in-air audi...