Multivariate classification of animal communication signals: A simulation-based comparison of alternative signal processing procedures using electric fishes

Journal of Physiology Paris

Volumn 102, Issue 4-6, 2008, Pages 304-321

  Crampton, William G R ^a   Davis, Justin K ^a   Lovejoy, Nathan R ^b   Pensky, Marianna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Communication; Fourier transform; Gymnotiformes; Gymnotus; Short time Fourier transform; Spectrogram; Wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WAVEFORM;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FISH; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 58249133151     PISSN: 09284257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphysparis.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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