Inflation of the esophagus and vocal tract filtering in ring doves

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 4025-4036

  Riede, Tobias ^a,c   Beckers, Gabriël J L ^a,d   Blevins, William ^b   Suthers, Roderick A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Birdsong; Harmonic suppression; Helmholtz resonator; Source filter theory; Streptopelia risoria; Tracheal resonance

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CINERADIOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESOPHAGUS; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; SOUND DETECTION; TRACHEA; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CINERADIOGRAPHY; COLUMBIDAE; ESOPHAGUS; MALE; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TRACHEA; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

COLUMBIFORMES; STREPTOPELIA RISORIA;

EID: 11144259424     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01256     Document Type: Article

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