Nonlinear acoustics in pant hoots of common chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Frequency jumps, subharmonics, biphonation, and deterministic chaos

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 277-291

  Riede, Tobias ^a,b   Owren, Michael J ^a   Arcadi, Adam Clark ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioacoustics; Harmonic; Larynx; Nonhuman primates; Nonlinear dynamics

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOACOUSTICS; CALLING BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND DETECTION; UGANDA; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PAN TROGLODYTES; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; UGANDA; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

MAMMALIA; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES; TROGLODYTES;

EID: 11144317812     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20078     Document Type: Article

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