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Bilateral syringeal interaction in vocal production of an oscine bird sound.

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Nowicki, S; Capranica, RR
Published in: Science (New York, N.Y.)
March 1986

The vocal organ, or syrinx, of oscine birds has two parts, each of which has generally been presumed to operate independently of the other. A significant counter-example is now demonstrated in the production of a common vocalization by the black-capped chickadee (Parus atricapillus), in which the two acoustic sources interact in a nonlinear fashion. This bird produces a sound with multiple frequency components that are heterodyne products resulting from cross-modulation between two signals, thus providing evidence that avian phonation can involve cooperative coupling between the two syringeal sources.

Duke Scholars

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Science (New York, N.Y.)

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EISSN

1095-9203

ISSN

0036-8075

Publication Date

March 1986

Volume

231

Issue

4743

Start / End Page

1297 / 1299

Related Subject Headings

  • Vocalization, Animal
  • Sound Spectrography
  • General Science & Technology
  • Birds
  • Animals
 

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Nowicki, S., & Capranica, R. R. (1986). Bilateral syringeal interaction in vocal production of an oscine bird sound. Science (New York, N.Y.), 231(4743), 1297–1299. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.3945824
Nowicki, S., and R. R. Capranica. “Bilateral syringeal interaction in vocal production of an oscine bird sound.Science (New York, N.Y.) 231, no. 4743 (March 1986): 1297–99. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.3945824.
Nowicki S, Capranica RR. Bilateral syringeal interaction in vocal production of an oscine bird sound. Science (New York, NY). 1986 Mar;231(4743):1297–9.
Nowicki, S., and R. R. Capranica. “Bilateral syringeal interaction in vocal production of an oscine bird sound.Science (New York, N.Y.), vol. 231, no. 4743, Mar. 1986, pp. 1297–99. Epmc, doi:10.1126/science.3945824.
Nowicki S, Capranica RR. Bilateral syringeal interaction in vocal production of an oscine bird sound. Science (New York, NY). 1986 Mar;231(4743):1297–1299.
Journal cover image

Published In

Science (New York, N.Y.)

DOI

EISSN

1095-9203

ISSN

0036-8075

Publication Date

March 1986

Volume

231

Issue

4743

Start / End Page

1297 / 1299

Related Subject Headings

  • Vocalization, Animal
  • Sound Spectrography
  • General Science & Technology
  • Birds
  • Animals