Vocal mechanics in Darwin's finches: Correlation of beak gape and song frequency

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 607-619

  Podos, Jeffrey ^a   Southall, Joel A ^a   Rossi Santos, Marcos R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO BALEIA JUBARTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Beak gape; Darwin's finch; Song evolution; Song production; Songbird; Vocal frequency; Vocal mechanics

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAK; BODY CONSTITUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECUADOR; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SONGBIRD; SOUND DETECTION; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; BEAK; BODY CONSTITUTION; ECUADOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SONGBIRDS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FRINGILLIDAE; GEOSPIZA FORTIS; PASSERI;

EID: 1242322518     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00770     Document Type: Article

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