Vocal tract articulation in zebra finches

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Ohms, Verena R ^a   Snelderwaard, Peter C ^a   ten Cate, Carel ^a,b   Beckers, Gabriël J L ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEAK; CINERADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION; FEMALE; FINCH; MALE; NONHUMAN; OROPHARYNX; VOCALIZATION; ANIMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; CINERADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; SONGBIRDS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 77955618670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011923     Document Type: Article

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