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. 2013 Dec 18;8(12):e82748. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082748

Table 4. Median (quartiles in brackets) and range values (minimum and maximum) of acoustic parameters of male gibbon songs assessed in three age classes.

INDIVIDUALS' AGE
Subadult Adult Senior
Acoustic parameters median range median range median range
call duration [s] 10.3 (8.1, 12.8) 4.4–56.5 8.4(6.8, 10.6) 1.9–201.6 8.3 (7.2, 9.5) 1.7–29.8
number of elements 8 (6, 9) 4–50 9 (7, 12) 3–127 9 (8, 10) 1–33
element duration [s] 0.46 (0.20, 0.73) 0.01–1.73 0.27 (0.14, 0.58) 0.01–2.09 0.24 (0.13, 0.58) 0.02–1.73
interval duration [s] 0.88 (0.50, 1.24) 0.06–4.47 0.54 (0.32, 1.01) 0.04–4.34 0.46 (0.29, 0.97) 0.09–2.74
start F0 [Hz] 680 (640, 760) 530–1460 700 (620, 850) 390–1540 670 (600, 870) 10–1530
end F0 [Hz] 920 (820, 1040) 600–1700 950 (810, 1090) 480–1950 960 (820, 1100) 430–1570
max F0 [Hz] 930 (870, 1010) 640–1430 950 (840, 1040) 530–1480 930 (810, 1040) 500–1400
location of max F0 [s] 1040 (950, 1170) 710, 1900 1070 (930, 1210) 540–1950 1120 (960, 1210) 510–1680
number of elements N = 2476 N = 5557 N = 2344
number of calls N = 259 N = 533 N = 257