Measuring positive and negative affect in the voiced sounds of African elephants (Loxodonta africana)

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1059-1066

  Soltis, Joseph ^a   Blowers, Tracy E ^a   Savage, Anne ^a  

^a DISNEY S ANIMAL KINGDOM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT FEMALES; AFFECTIVE STATE; AMPLITUDE VARIATIONS; ANIMAL KINGDOM; FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCIES; INTENSITY LEVELS; NEGATIVE AFFECTS; SOCIAL ACTIVITIES; SOCIAL CONTEXT; VOCAL EXPRESSION; VOICED SOUNDS;

MAMMALS;

AFFECT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELEPHANT; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUND DETECTION; TIME; VOCALIZATION;

AFFECT; ANIMALS; ELEPHANTS; FEMALE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 79952156422     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3531798     Document Type: Article

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