.... Larynx Syrinx Vocal 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...

... 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...

... kinetics. However, syringeal muscles are composed of two fibre types which raises questions about the neuromuscular control of this heterogeneous muscle architecture. © 2010. 2010 birdsong vocal muscle vocal control In non-avian tetrapods, the larynx is the main sound-producing organ...

... is a common physiological phenomenon in birdsong, it could be an important source of nonlinearities that has received virtually no attention so far. * Author for correspondence (e-mail: coen@biology.sdu.dk ) 30 1 2009 2009 bird song biomechanics bioacoustics vocal control...

... for correspondence (e-mail: elemans@biology.utah.edu ) 27 12 2005 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2006 2006 biomechanics bioacoustics muscular control vocal control ring dove Streptopelia risoria The singing behavior of birds is an important model system for the study of motor...

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