The Physics of Birdsong

• Main Authors: Mindlin, Gabriel B. (Author), Laje, Rodrigo (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering,
• Subjects: Physics.; Animal anatomy.; Neurobiology.; Acoustics.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.; Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology.

In recent years birdsong has developed into an extremely interesting problem for researchers in several branches of the scientific community. The reason is that of the approximately 10,000 species of birds known to exist, some 4000 share with humans (and just a few other species in the animal kingdo...

Table of Contents:

• Elements of the Description
• Sources and Filters
• Anatomy of the Vocal Organ
• The Sources of Sound in Birdsong
• The Instructions for the Syrinx
• Complex Oscillations
• Synthesizing Birdsong
• From the Syrinx to the Brain
• Complex Rhythms.