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 |