Mobile larynx in Mongolian gazelle: Retraction of the larynx during rutting barks in male Mongolian gazelle (procapra gutturosa pallas, 1777)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 269, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1223-1237

  Frey, Roland ^a   Gebler, Alban ^b   Olson, Kirk A ^c,d   Odonkhuu, Daria ^e   Fritsch, Guido ^f   Batsaikhan, Nyamsuren ^g   Stuermer, Ingo W ^h  

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

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^e WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Mongolia)

^f Section of Neurology   (Germany)

^g NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MONGOLIA   (Mongolia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comparative anatomy; Evolutionary morphology; Laryngeal sound production; Rutting behavior; Vocal tract

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LARYNX; LARYNX MUSCLE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VOCAL CORD; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; FEMALE; LARYNGEAL MUSCLES; LARYNX; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VOCAL CORDS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

BOVIDAE; PROCAPRA GUTTUROSA;

EID: 53549088050     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10656     Document Type: Article

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