Dominant frequency of loud mew calls of felids (Mammalia: Carnivora) decreases during ontogenetic growth

Mammal Review

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 54-74

  Peters, Gustav ^a  

^a ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic allometry; Felidae; Frequency scaling; Source filter theory; Vocal tract growth

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ALLOMETRY; BODY MASS; FELID; ONTOGENY; VOCALIZATION;

CARNIVORA; FELIDAE; MAMMALIA; PANTHERA; PANTHERA LEO; PANTHERA ONCA; PANTHERA PARDUS; PANTHERA TIGRIS; PUMA CONCOLOR; UNCIA;

EID: 78650073353     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: 13652907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2010.00169.x     Document Type: Review

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