Skull dimensions in relation to body size in nonhuman mammals: The causal bases for acoustic allometry

Zoology

Volumn 103, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 40-58

  Fitch, W Tecumseh ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Formant frequencies; Vocal allometry; Vocal tract length

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034355469     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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