Vocal anatomy, tongue protrusion behaviour and the acoustics of rutting roars in free-ranging Iberian red deer stags (Cervus elaphus hispanicus)

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 220, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 271-292

  Frey, Roland ^a   Volodin, Ilya ^b,c   Volodina, Elena ^c   Carranza, Juan ^d   Torres Porras, Jerónimo ^d  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c Scientific Research Department   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cervidae; Evaporative cooling; Larynx retraction; Respiratory tract; Ruminants; Rutting roars; Sexual selection; Thermoregulation; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CERVUS ELAPHUS HISPANICUS; EPIGLOTTIS; FEMALE; LARYNX; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; OROPHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED DEER; STERNUM; TONGUE; VOCAL ANATOMY; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; DEER; LARYNGEAL MUSCLES; LARYNX; MALE; PALATE, SOFT; PHARYNX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TONGUE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS HISPANICUS;

EID: 84856799557     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2011.01467.x     Document Type: Article

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