Vocal tract length and acoustics of vocalization in the domestic dog (Canis familiaris)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 2859-2867

  Riede, Tobias ^a   Fitch, Tecumseh ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioacoustics; Canidae; Dog; Formant; Growling; Source tract theory

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; DOG; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SKULL; STATISTICS; TIME; VOCAL CORD; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CUES; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; SKULL; STATISTICS; TIME FACTORS; VOCAL CORDS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 0033212743     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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