Vocal tract function in birdsong production: Experimental manipulation of beak movements

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1845-1855

  Hoese, William J ^a   Podos, Jeffrey ^b   Boetticher, Nicholas C ^c   Nowicki, Stephen ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beak; Birdsong; Canary; Communication; Melospiza georgiana; Serinus canaria; Sound; Swamp sparrow; Vocal tract; White throated sparrow; Zonotrichia albicollis

Indexed keywords

BIRDSONG; CANARY; SPARROW; VOCAL TRACT;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; BEAK; MOVEMENT; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SONGBIRDS; SOUND; VOCAL CORDS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

AVES; MELOSPIZA GEORGIANA; PASSERI; PASSERIDAE; SERINUS CANARIA; ZONOTRICHIA ALBICOLLIS;

EID: 0033935963     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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