Research and Lit Predictions

Given the nature of this project, one of my lecturers was happy with the idea of having a hybrid research approach splitting the technical sound elements along with the biological area of the subject. The reading materials at the moment have been mainly biological, looking at the production of Vocalizations in Mammals and some more specific articles involving the Panthera family.

• Production of Vocalisations in Mammals; http://homepage.univie.ac.at/tecumseh.fitch/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Fitch2006MammalVocalProd.pdf
• Adapted to Roar: Functional Morphology of Tiger and Lion Vocal Folds; http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0027029

• The larynx of roaring and non-roaring cats; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1256521/

An interesting article detailing the possible use of tiger and leopard recordings to save both human and animal life. http://www.scidev.net/global/innovation/news/tiger-growl-recordings-deter-crop-raiding-elephants.html

An interesting clip from "Inside Natures Giants", unfortunately due to copyright issues the full episode is unavailable. This clip details the lions larynx and its movement to produce growls and roars. Interestingly it is still unknown how the roars volume can be so great in amplitude.