Adapted to roar: Functional morphology of tiger and lion vocal folds

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Klemuk, Sarah A ^a   Riede, Tobias ^b   Walsh, Edward J ^c   Titze, Ingo R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c BOYS TOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; HYALURONIC ACID; PROTEIN;

ADIPOCYTE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; ELASTIC FIBER; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; LAMINA PROPRIA; LION; LUNG PRESSURE; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; NONHUMAN; PANTHERA; PHONATION; PREDICTION; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TIGER; VISCOELASTICITY; VOCAL CORD; YOUNG MODULUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

MAMMALIA; PANTHERA;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; LIONS; MALE; TIGERS; VOCAL CORDS;

EID: 80355143394     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027029     Document Type: Article

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