New perspectives on the physics of birdsong

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1901, 2009, Pages 3239-3254

  Trevisan, M A ^a   Mindlin, G B ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Birdsong; Dynamical models; Syrinx

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC FEATURES; BIFURCATION THEORY; BIRDSONG; CENTRAL SOURCE; DYNAMICAL MODELS; INTRINSIC PROPERTY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; THEORETICAL TECHNIQUE;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS);

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOPHYSICS; BIRD; ELECTRONICS; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; BIRDS; ELECTRONICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 69649099168     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2009.0076     Document Type: Article

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