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A Simple Method for the Rapid Analysis of Animal Sounds
Author(s) -
Staddon J. E. R.,
McGeorge Lee W.,
Bruce R. A.,
Klein F. F.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
zeitschrift für tierpsychologie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.739
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1439-0310
pISSN - 0044-3573
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1978.tb00262.x
Subject(s) - simple (philosophy) , harmonics , computer science , function (biology) , acoustics , speech recognition , algorithm , physics , engineering , biology , electrical engineering , philosophy , epistemology , voltage , evolutionary biology
A simple, real‐time method for displaying the information contained in the zero‐crossings of acoustic signals is described. The method can be used even with many signals that have harmonics, and reveals a wealth of fine structure in bird song. Some of this structure may serve a communicatory function.