TIMBER CONTROL IN ZEBRA FINCH (TAENIOPYGIA, GUTTATA) SONG SYLLABLES
TIMBER CONTROL IN ZEBRA FINCH (TAENIOPYGIA, GUTTATA) SONG SYLLABLES
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DOI:
10.1037/0735-7036.103.4.366
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发表时间:
1989-12-01
影响因子:
1.4
通讯作者:
NOTTEBOHM, F
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作者:
WILLIAMS, H;CYNX, J;NOTTEBOHM, F
Zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) song syllables often include harmonically related frequency components. These harmonics may be suppressed, and this differential emphasis varies between the syllables in a song and between individual birds' songs. These patterns of harmonic suppression are timbre. Individual syllables' patterns of harmonic suppression are constant within adult males' songs. Young males that imitate the songs of older males also imitate their patterns of harmonic suppression. Syringeal denervation distorts these patterns, which suggests that they are produced through active control of the vocal organ. The selective suppression and emphasis of some harmonics creates a great number of possible timbre variants for any one syllable. These add signal diversity to the limited array of frequency modulations and range of fundamental frequencies found in zebra finch song. Analyses of bird song that disregard timbre may overlook a feature that is important in vocal communication.(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)