... production Vocal control Sauropsida Extracellular matrix Hyaluronan Crocodilian vocal repertoires consist of a diverse array of sound types ( Herzog and Burghardt, 1977 ; Campbell, 1973 ; Garrick and Lang, 1977 ; Watanabe, 1980 ; Hunt and Watanabe, 1982 ; Vliet, 1989 ; Britton, 2001...

... have been traditionally considered to possess limited voluntary vocal control, but little is known about their ability to modify vocal behavior when encountering interfering noises. Here we tested the ability of the common marmoset ( Callithrix jacchus ) to control the initiation of vocalizations...

... muscle vocal control In non-avian tetrapods, the larynx is the main sound-producing organ. Birds, however, have evolved a unique phonatory organ, the syrinx, located at the basal end of the trachea. Like the mammalian larynx, the syrinx is controlled by muscles whose action influences acoustic...

.... * Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected] ) 30 1 2009 2009 bird song biomechanics bioacoustics vocal control Birdsong is a widely adopted model for sensorimotor and vocal learning, and demonstrates many parallels with human speech acquisition and production...

.... biomechanics bioacoustics muscular control vocal control ring dove Streptopelia risoria © The Company of Biologists Limited 2006 2006 27 12 2005 * Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected] ) ...

..., but the degree of vocal control is significantly less than in oscine songbirds. * Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected] ) 16 4 2003 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2003 2003 vocal production vocal control tamarin Saguinus oedipus combination long call...