Vocal production mechanisms in the budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus): The presence and implications of amplitude modulation

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 491-505

  Lavenex, Pamela Banta ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARROTS; PHONETICS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; TIME FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL; VOICE;

EID: 0033002241     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.427079     Document Type: Article

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