Acoustics of the avian vocal tract

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-49

  Fletcher, N H ^a,b   Tarnopolsky, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; BEAK; BIRD; BRONCHUS; MEASUREMENT; MOUTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONGUE; TRACHEA; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 0032893081     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.424620     Document Type: Article

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