Nordic rattle: The hoarse vocalization and the inflatable laryngeal air sac of reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 131-159

  Frey, Roland ^a   Gebler, Alban ^a   Fritsch, Guido ^b   Nygrén, Kaarlo ^c   Weissengruber, Gerald E ^d  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Ilomantsi Game Research Station   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Air sac; Comparative anatomy; Courtship behaviour; Larynx; Reindeer; Sound production

Indexed keywords

AIR SAC; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; LARYNX; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINDEER; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; VOCALIZATION;

AIR SACS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HOARSENESS; LARYNX; MALE; NECK MUSCLES; REINDEER; SEXUAL MATURATION; SKULL; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

CERVIDAE; MAMMALIA; PINNIPEDIA; PRIMATES; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RODENTIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 33846545003     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2006.00684.x     Document Type: Article

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