Ultrasound and ultraviolet: crypsis in gliding mammals [PDF]
PeerJGliding is only present in six extant groups of mammals—interestingly, despite divergent evolutionary histories, all mammalian gliders are strictly nocturnal.
Sasha L. Newar +3 more
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Sympatric song variant in mountain chickadees Poecile gambeli does not reduce aggression from black-capped chickadees Poecile atricapillus [PDF]
, 2016 When habitats overlap and species compete for resources, negative interactions frequently occur. Character displacement in the form of behavioural, social or morphological divergences between closely related species can act to reduce negative ...
LaZerte, Stefanie E +3 more
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Auditory communication in domestic dogs: vocal signalling in the extended social environment of a companion animal [PDF]
, 2014 Domestic dogs produce a range of vocalisations, including barks, growls, and whimpers, which are shared with other canid species. The source–filter model of vocal production can be used as a theoretical and applied framework to explain how and why the ...
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Neural Plasticity, 2012 ZENK expression in vocal nuclei is associated with singing behavior. Area X is an important nucleus for learning and stabilizing birdsong. ZENK expression is higher in Area X compared to that in other vocal nuclei when birds are singing.
Congshu Liao, Dongfeng Li
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Nonlinear vocal phenomena affect human perceptions of distress, size and dominance in puppy whines
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2022 While nonlinear phenomena (NLP) are widely reported in animal vocalizations, often causing perceptual harshness and roughness, their communicative function remains debated. Several hypotheses have been put forward: attention-grabbing, communication of distress, exaggeration of body size and dominance.
Mathilde Massenet +5 more
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Ganymed's heavenly descent [PDF]
, 2020 Schubert's song “Ganymed” has attracted a great deal of interest from analysts due to its progressive tonal plan, often seen as a challenge to Schenkerian theories of tonal structure, and evocative text.
Yust, Jason
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Idiopathic vocal fold paralysis in two adolescent patients with neurofibromatosis type 2
Otolaryngology Case Reports, 2020 Objectives: Neurofibromatosis 2 (NF2) is an autosomal dominant condition presenting with bilateral vestibular schwannomas and other neural tumors. Vocal fold paralysis (VFP) in NF2 patients is typically due to compression of the vagus nerve at the ...
Aaron Tverye +2 more
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VOCAL REPERTORY OF TWO SPECIES OF THE LEPTODACTYLUS PENTADACTYLUS GROUP (ANURA, LEPTODACTYLIDAE) [PDF]
, 2008 Among frogs, vocalizations play important roles in their social interactions. Herein we describefi ve new types of vocalizations for two foam-nesting species of the Leptodactylus pentadactylusgroup, L. syphax and L. labyrinthicus. Behavioral observations
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The story of Oh: the aesthetics and rhetoric of a common vowel sound [PDF]
, 2007 Studies in Musical Theatre is the only peer-reviewed journal dedicated to musical theatre. It was launched in 2007 and is now in its seventh volume.
Daley M., Dominic Symonds, Most A.
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Gender and Context-Specific Effects of Vocal Dominance and Trustworthiness on Leadership Decisions
Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 2022 Abstract Objective The evolutionary-contingency hypothesis, which suggests that preferences for leaders are context-dependent, has found relatively consistent support from research investigating leadership decisions based on facial pictures.
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