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. 2016 May 4;11(5):e0153858. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0153858

Table 1. Description of the acoustic features measured.

Variable Description
Q1Freq Frequency that divides the spectrum into two frequency intervals containing 25% and 75% of the energy (Hz)
Q3Freq Frequency that divides the spectrum into two frequency intervals containing 75% and 25% of the energy (Hz)
IQRBW Difference between the 1st and 3rd Quartile Frequencies. Q3Freq—Q1Freq (Hz)
AggEntropy Aggregate entropy: measurement of the disorder in a sound by analysing the energy distribution within a selection. Higher entropy values correspond to greater disorder in the sound, whereas a pure tone with energy in only one frequency bin would have a value of zero [40]
AvgEntropy Average entropy: average of the entropy for each frame in the selection [40]
CentFreq Frequency that divides the spectrum into two frequency intervals of equal energy (Hz)
Freq5 Frequency that divides the spectrum into two frequency intervals containing 5% and 95% of the energy (Hz)
Freq95 Frequency that divides the spectrum into two frequency intervals containing 95% and 5% of the energy (Hz)
BW90 The difference between the 5% and 95% frequencies. Freq95—Freq5 (Hz)
MaxFreq The frequency at which the maximum amplitude occurs (Hz)
AED-M1 Frequency corresponding to the mean energy density (Hz)
AED-SD1 Standard deviation of the mean energy density (Hz)
AED-P1 Frequency corresponding to the peak of the energy density (Hz)

AED: acoustic energy distribution (spectral distribution of the energy transmitted by sound via the propagating pressure fluctuations).

1: variables measured using custom made software (see S1 Appendix)