Dynamics of frequency and amplitude modulations in vocalizations produced by eastern towhees, Pipilo erythrophthalmus

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1333-1344

  Nelson, Brian S ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; CORRELATION METHODS;

FREQUENCY CHANNELS; VOCALIZATIONS;

FREQUENCY MODULATION;

BEHAVIOR; BIRD; COMMUNICATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; VOCALIZATION;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BIRD; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EASTERN TOWHEE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; NONHUMAN; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PIPILO ERYTHROPHTHALMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND PRESSURE; SPECTROSCOPY; TIME; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; SONGBIRDS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TAPE RECORDING; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 1542347033     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1648976     Document Type: Article

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