Voices of the dead: Complex nonlinear vocal signals from the larynx of an ultrasonic frog

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 4984-4993

  Suthers, Roderick A ^a   Narins, Peter M ^b   Lin, Wen Yu ^c   Schnitzler, Hans Ulrich ^d   Denzinger, Annette ^d   Xu, Chun He ^e   Feng, Albert S ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^e Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People s Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Amolops; Nonlinear dynamics; Vocal communication; Vocal cord

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FROG; HISTOLOGY; LARYNX; MALE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; ULTRASOUND; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LARYNX; MALE; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; RANIDAE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; ULTRASONICS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

AMOLOPS; AMOLOPS TORMOTUS; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33846510350     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02594     Document Type: Article

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