Abstract
In a volume concentrating on methods in the analysis of acoustic communication, two roles are served by a chapter on how one group of vocal virtuosos, namely birds, make sound. The first is to inform the reader of those innovations that have led to new insights into avian vocal physiology. There are several advances worth noting in this context, such as the use of miniature thermistors to monitor airflow and record acoustic signals in a bird’s vocal organ during song (e.g., Suthers 1990), or the use of quantitative kinematic analysis to analyze motions of the vocal tract (e.g., Westneat et al. 1993).
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Gaunt, A.S., Nowicki, S. (1998). Sound Production in Birds: Acoustics and Physiology Revisited. In: Hopp, S.L., Owren, M.J., Evans, C.S. (eds) Animal Acoustic Communication. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76220-8_9
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