Vocalization control in Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) during locomotion behavior

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 4148-4157

  Nishiyama, Kohei ^a   Kobayasi, Kohta I ^a   Riquimaroux, Hiroshi ^a  

^a DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS; ACOUSTIC STRUCTURES; BODY SIZES; CALL TYPES; EMISSION RATES; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; LOCOMOTION BEHAVIOR; LOW FREQUENCY; MULTIHARMONIC;

ANIMALS; FREQUENCY MODULATION;

BIOACOUSTICS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GERBIL; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOUND DETECTION; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84858302836     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3651815     Document Type: Article

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