Noise-dependent vocal plasticity in domestic fowl

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 741-746

  Brumm, Henrik ^a   Schmidt, Rouven ^a   Schrader, Lars ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

acoustic communication; chicken; environmental noise; Gallus gallus; Lombard effect; syllable duration; temporal summation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOACOUSTICS; DOMESTIC SPECIES; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; NOISE; POULTRY; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; PLATYRRHINI; PRIMATES;

EID: 69249213420     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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