Vocal fundamental and formant frequencies are honest signals of threat potential in peripubertal males

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 984-988

  Hodges Simeon, Carolyn R ^a   Gurven, Michael ^a   Puts, David A ^b   Gaulin, Steven J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

costly signaling; formants; fundamental frequency; pitch; voice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904579098     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/aru081     Document Type: Article

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