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Acoustic Analysis of Signals in Mammals

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Abstract

Spectral-prosodic characteristics of signals were analyzed synchronously with the main frequency for 32 mammals and one reptile using a KAZ-01 complex sound analyzer. The method of phoneme analysis was adapted for analysis of the signals. The main features of signaling in mammals have been revealed, which differed from those in birds and humans: low frequency range, low fundamental frequency, small number of local maxima, small frequency distance between them, and a significant amount of local maxima with zero energy.

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  1. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 33, Moscow, 117071, Russia

    V. D. Il'ichev & O. L. Silaeva

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Il'ichev, V.D., Silaeva, O.L. Acoustic Analysis of Signals in Mammals. Biology Bulletin 29, 248–256 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015434514509

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