Vocal and anatomical evidence for two-voiced sound production in the greater sage-grouse centrocercus urophasianus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 3719-3727

  Krakauer, Alan H ^a   Tyrrell, Maura ^a   Lehmann, Kenna ^a   Losin, Neil ^b   Goller, Franz ^c   Patricelli, Gail L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic location system; Galliformes; Lek; Microphone array; Syrinx, syringeal muscle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GALLIFORMES; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUND DETECTION; VIDEORECORDING; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GALLIFORMES; MALE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; VIDEO RECORDING; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

AVES; CENTROCERCUS UROPHASIANUS; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 70449885643     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.033076     Document Type: Article

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