Vocal mechanisms in birds and bats: a comparative view

Vocal signals play a very important role in the life of both birds and echolocating bats, but these two unrelated groups of flying vertebrates have very different vocal systems. They nevertheless must solve many of the same problems in producing sound. This brief review examines avian and microchiro...

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Main Author: Suthers Roderick A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2004-01-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652004000200009