Sexual dimorphism of the zebra finch syrinx indicates adaptation for high fundamental frequencies in males

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Riede, Tobias ^a   Fisher, John H ^a   Goller, Franz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; FEMALE; FINCH; FREQUENCY MODULATION; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; MUSCLE DENERVATION; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUND PRESSURE; SYRINX; VOCAL CORD; VOCALIZATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SONGBIRDS;

AVES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 77955322950     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011368     Document Type: Article

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