Information theory analysis of patterns of modulation in the advertisement call of the male bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 117, Issue 4 I, 2005, Pages 2330-2337

  Suggs, Dianne N ^a   Simmons, Andrea Megela ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; INFORMATION THEORY; MARKOV PROCESSES; SIGNAL ENCODING;

MALE BULLFROGS; MARKOV ANALYSIS; PATTERNS OF MODULATION; TEMPORAL CODING;

BIODIVERSITY;

ACCURACY; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BULLFROG; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; INFORMATION THEORY; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; RANA CATESBEIANA; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 17644373834     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1863693     Document Type: Article

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