Vocal fold elasticity of the Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) - Producing high fundamental frequency vocalization with a very long vocal fold

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 2144-2154

  Riede, Tobias ^a,b   Titze, Ingo R ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioacoustics; Hysteresis; Mammal; Sound production; Stress strain response; Vocal ligament

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEER; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIGAMENT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TENSILE STRENGTH; VOCAL CORD; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; DEER; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MALE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TENSILE STRENGTH; VOCAL CORDS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

CERVUS ELAPHUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS NELSONI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 47949114128     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.017004     Document Type: Article

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