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. 2012 Dec 3;10:97. doi: 10.1186/1741-7007-10-97

Table 4.

Overview of parameters used and their values per call segment (mean+(sd))

Acoustic parameters Digging Whole call Moving Searching
Duration (s) 0.05 ± (0.02) 0.12 ± (0.04) 0.09 ± (0.04)
Bandwidth (mean Hz) 1,472 ± (428) 1,526 ± (378) 1,439 ± (382)
F0 (mean Hz) 263 ± (100) 467 ± (89) 380 ± (110)
Onset 20 ± (150) -456 ± (1,752) -205 ± (1,020)
Offset -133 ± (814) 204 ± (1,694) -184 ± (1,781)
Max freq. (Hz) 1,587 ± (427) 1,675 ± (373) 1,575 ± (375)
Min. freq. (Hz) 114 ± (31) 149 ± (55) 135 ± (43)
Peak frequency (mean Hz) 370 ± (167) 490 ± (123) 404 ± (106)
Quartile 25% (mean Hz) 430 ± (74) 525 ± (82) 469 ± (73)
Quartile 50% (mean Hz) 753 ± (96) 918 ± (213) 846 ± (199)
Quartile 75% (mean Hz) 1,426 ± (539) 2,730 ± (1,748) 2,217 ± (1,615)
Quartile 25% (max Hz) 454 ± (77) 533 ± (77) 481 ± (78)
Quartile 50% (max Hz) 802 ± (123) 942 ± (184) 898 ± (240)
Quartile 75% (max Hz) 1,803 ± (1,033) 2,734 ± (1,745) 2,507 ± (1,738)

Digging Initial noisy segment Moving Searching

Duration (s) 0.04 ± (0.01) 0.03 ± (0.01) 0.03 ± (0.01)
Bandwidth (mean Hz) 1,534 ± (457) 1,542 ± (473) 1,534 ± (426)
F0 (mean Hz) 225 ± (94) 249 ± (138) 218 ± (92)
Onset 45 ± (138) 127 ± (963) 44 ± (186)
Offset -46 ± (129) -146 ± (951) -79 ± (713)
Max freq. (Hz) 1,646 ± (455) 1,654 ± (470) 1,650 ± (417)
Min. freq. (Hz) 112 ± (26) 112 ± (28) 116 ± (30)
Peak frequency (mean Hz) 380 ± (186) 378 ± (195) 363 ± (178)
Quartile 25% (mean Hz) 439 ± (74) 473 ± (90) 450 ± (79)
Quartile 50% (mean Hz) 754 ± (92) 838 ± (163) 795 ± (110)
Quartile 75% (mean Hz) 1,329 ± (387) 2,300 ± (1,744 1,787 ± (1,250
Quartile 25% (max Hz) 465 ± (77) 497 ± (96) 473 ± (83)
Quartile 50% (max Hz) 797.3 ± (100) 914 ± (270) 849 ± (157)
Quartile 75% (max Hz) 1,654 ± (865) 2,847 ± (1,997) 2,234 ± (1,612)

Digging Harmonic segment Moving Searching

Duration (s) 0.03 ± (0.02) 0.08 ± (0.04) 0.06 ± (0.03)
Bandwidth (mean Hz) 1,185 ± (405) 1,307 ± (394) 1,283 ± (474)
F0 (mean Hz) 350 ± (70) 472 ± (83) 410 ± (82)
Onset -10 ± (59) -83.0 ± (1,444) -6 ± (789)
Offset -177 ± (1,294) -19 ± (1,134) -176.4 ± (1,284)
Max freq. (Hz) 1,343 ± (408) 1,572 ± (390) 1,513 ± (463)
Min. freq. (Hz) 158 ± (83) 264 ± (93) 230 ± (97)
Peak frequency (mean Hz) 350 ± (88) 485 ± (115) 409 ± (84)
Quartile 25% (mean Hz) 414 ± (76) 536 ± (89) 471 ± (81)
Quartile 50% (mean Hz) 769 ± (316) 967 ± (285) 895 ± (301)
Quartile 75% (mean Hz) 2,346 ± (1,514) 2,861 ± (1,927) 2,784 ± (2,037)
Quartile 25% (max Hz) 419 ± (76) 546 ± (91) 491 ± (98)
Quartile 50% (max Hz) 802 ± (280) 976 ± (210) 940 ± (317)
Quartile 75% (max Hz) 2,505 ± (1,598) 2,797.6 ± (1,821) 2,801 ± (1,956)