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. 2014 Feb 26;9(2):e89403. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089403

Table 4. Acoustic features of control rumbles and 6 vocalization playback stimuli, and behavioral responses to playbacks.

Acoustic feature Behavior
F 0 (Hz) F 0 range (Hz) F1 (Hz) F2 (Hz) NLPa VIGb DISc
Pre-stimulus control rumbles (Mean +1 SEM) 15.9 3.0 34.7 115.6 NO
Vocal playback stimuli
Samburu multi-call mean 23.1 d 8.4 44.8 153.1 YES 5.0 50.5
Samburu rumble mean 21.2 5.2 51.9 145.3 NO 3.2 20.0
Samburu modified rumble mean 21.1 5.3 40.8 100.9 NO 2.6 11.0
Bee rumble meane 16.2 2.4 28.8 132.1 NO 3.1 23.6
Bee modified rumble meane 16.0 2.5 29.4 104.2 NO 0.8 9.9
Control rumble meane 14.9 6.4 31.9 114.5 NO 0.4 0.4
a

Non-linear phenomena (NLP; See Materials and Methods) is a dichotomous variable (YES = present; NO = absent).

b

VIG: Average rate of vigilance behavior (per min) in response to vocal playback stimulus.

c

DIS: Average distance moved (m) in response to vocal playback stimulus.

d

Values in bold are greater than +1 SEM of the pre-stimulus control rumble values.

e

For further details on these playback stimuli, see [23].