Table 2 Values (mean ± SD) of acoustic parameters for the little auk call types.

From: Seabird’s cry: repertoire and vocal expression of contextual valence in the little auk (Alle alle)

Acoustic parameter

Call type

Single

Clucking (+)

Classic

Terror (−)

Handling (−)

Low trill

Short

Short-trill

f0 Min (Hz)

657.15 ± 97.87

646.67 ± 58.99

632.45 ± 60.50

657.98 ± 73.97

685.62 ± 108.49

621.99 ± 84.97

657.49 ± 72.74

601.90 ± 63.01

f0 Max (Hz)

808.76 ± 177.02

809.65 ± 95.53

1209.48 ± 154.24

766.58 ± 72.57

749.48 ± 135.66

915.47 ± 133.68

815.05 ± 78.40

934.72 ± 104.98

f0 Mean (Hz)

759.09 ± 150.86

751.51 ± 80.18

912.61 ± 63.60

721.23 ± 65.30

717.65 ± 118.14

808.71 ± 108.99

735.81 ± 65.08

808.49 ± 77.38

Q25% (Hz)

676.43 ± 477.10

1334.59 ± 498.92

1504.70 ± 588.35

74.84 ± 271.09

377.78 ± 297.60

802.11 ± 344.17

708.10 ± 154.63

769.52 ± 286.84

Q50% (Hz)

1375.92 ± 846.78

2073.89 ± 410.24

2634.73 ± 1499.41

794.57 ± 2503.71

770.45 ± 385.00

1927.92 ± 1508.20

1390.37 ± 938.34

1589.59 ± 1303.54

Q75% (Hz)

3939.74 ± 4299.23

2718.37 ± 442.53

5278.29 ± 4903.84

1535.94 ± 4346.71

1457.16 ± 451.01

6989.95 ± 5834.44

5473.14 ± 4549.35

4417.26 ± 4727.89

Duration (s)

0.11 ± 0.05

0.09 ± 0.02

2.74 ± 0.44

0.33 ± 0.13

0.11 ± 0.10

1.08 ± 0.84

0.23 ± 0.15

0.75 ± 0.38

AM rate (s−1)

28.64 ± 10.71

26.28 ± 12.44

39.11 ± 8.08

42.21 ± 9.40

24.62 ± 11.09

47.98 ± 4.90

37.08 ± 12.17

45.40 ± 4.87

fM rate (s−1)

4.78 ± 3.67

5.53 ± 1.00

5.65 ± 0.76

8.76 ± 2.56

5.13 ± 4.18

4.37 ± 2.05

2.77 ± 2.51

4.05 ± 1.72

  1. Positive and negative emotional valence are denoted as (+) and (−), respectively.