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SUBMITTER: Bowling DL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5259760 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bowling D L DL Garcia M M Dunn J C JC Ruprecht R R Stewart A A Frommolt K-H KH Fitch W T WT
Scientific reports 20170124
A fundamental assumption in bioacoustics is that large animals tend to produce vocalizations with lower frequencies than small animals. This inverse relationship between body size and vocalization frequencies is widely considered to be foundational in animal communication, with prominent theories arguing that it played a critical role in the evolution of vocal communication, in both production and perception. A major shortcoming of these theories is that they lack a solid empirical foundation: r ...[more]