Vocal power and pressure-flow relationships in excised tiger larynges

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 3866-3873

  Titze, Ingo R ^a,b   Fitch, W Tecumseh ^c   Hunter, Eric J ^b   Alipour, Fariborz ^a   Montequin, Douglas ^b   Armstrong, Douglas L ^d   McGee, Jo Ann ^e   Walsh, Edward J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d OMAHA'S HENRY DOORLY ZOO AND AQUARIUM   (United States)

^e CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal phonation; Glottal efficiency; Vocal power

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; FLOWMETER; GLOTTIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LARYNX; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIGER; VOCAL CORD; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; CATS; DOGS; FEMALE; FLOWMETERS; GLOTTIS; HUMANS; LARYNX; MALE; PRESSURE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIGERS; VOCAL CORDS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; PANTHERA;

EID: 78649284835     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.044982     Document Type: Article

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