General isochronous rhythm in echolocation calls and social vocalizations of the bat Saccopteryx bilineata

Rhythm is an essential component of human speech and music but very little is known about its evolutionary origin and its distribution in animal vocalizations. We found a regular rhythm in three multisyllabic vocalization types (echolocation call sequences, male territorial songs and pup isolation c...

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Main Authors: Lara S. Burchardt, Philipp Norton, Oliver Behr, Constance Scharff, Mirjam Knörnschild
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2019-01-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.181076