Acoustic communication in noise: Regulation of call characteristics in a New World monkey

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 443-448

  Brumm, Henrik ^a   Voss, Katrin ^a   Köllmer, Ireen ^a   Todt, Dietmar ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Callithrix jacchus; Common marmoset; Environmental noise; Lombard effect; Signal masking; Vocal plasticity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MARMOSET; NOISE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND DETECTION; TIME; VOCALIZATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CALLITHRIX; NOISE; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CALLITHRIX; CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; MARMOSETS; PLATYRRHINI;

EID: 0842270035     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00768     Document Type: Article

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