Sex differences in the acoustic structure of vowel-like grunt vocalizations in baboons and their perceptual discrimination by baboon listeners

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 411-421

  Rendall, Drew ^a   Owren, Michael J ^b   Weerts, Elise ^c   Hienz, Robert D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCIES; SENSORY PERCEPTION; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SPEECH ANALYSIS;

SEX DIFFERENCES;

ACOUSTIC WAVES;

ACOUSTICS; PRIMATE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BABOON; FEMALE; HEARING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; SPEECH; VOCAL CORD; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BOTSWANA; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; MALE; PAPIO; PHONETICS; SEX FACTORS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SOUTH AFRICA; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 1642499122     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1635838     Document Type: Article

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