Singing with reduced air sac volume causes uniform decrease in airflow and sound amplitude in the zebra finch

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 66-78

  Plummer, Emily Megan ^a   Goller, Franz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Birdsong; Motor control; Respiration; Sensory feedback; Taeniopygia guttata

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; AIR SAC; ANIMAL; APNEA; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FINCH; INJECTION; LUNG VENTILATION; MUSCLE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; SOUND; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTICS; AIR SACS; ANIMALS; APNEA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FINCHES; INJECTIONS; MUSCLES; PRESSURE; PULMONARY VENTILATION; SOUND; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

AVES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 38949101955     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.011908     Document Type: Article

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