Acoustic Communication In Animals

Author : Steven L. Hopp,Michael J. Owren,Christopher S. Evans
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642762208

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Animal Acoustic Communication by Steven L. Hopp,Michael J. Owren,Christopher S. Evans Pdf

The last decades have brought a significant increase in research on acoustic communi cation in animals. Publication of scientific papers on both empirical and theoretical aspects of this topic has greatly increased, and a new journal, Bioacoustics, is entirely devoted to such articles. Coupled with this proliferation of work is a recognition that many of the current issues are best approached with an interdisciplinary perspective, requiring technical and theoretical contributions from a number of areas of inquiry that have traditionally been separated. With the notable exception of a collection edited by Lewis (1983), there have been fewvolumes predominatelyfocused on technical issues in comparative bioacoustics to follow up the earlyworks edited by Lanyon and Tavolga (1960) and Busnel (1963). It was the tremendous growth of expertise c:()ncerning this topic in particular that provided the initial impetus to organize this volume, which attempts to present fundamental information from both theoretical and applied aspects of current bioacoustics research. While a completely comprehensive review would be impractical, this volume offers a basic treatment of a wide variety of topics aimed at providing a conceptual framework within which researchers can address their own questions. Each presentation is designed to be useful to the broadest possible spectrum of researchers, including both those currently working in any of the many and diverse disciplines of bioacoustics, and others that may be new to such studies.

Author : Andrea Simmons,Richard R. Fay
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2006-04-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780387227627

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Acoustic Communication by Andrea Simmons,Richard R. Fay Pdf

In order to communicate, animals send and receive signals that are subject to their particular anatomical, psychological, and environmental constraints. This SHAR volume discusses both the production and perception of acoustic signals. Chapters address the information that animals communicate, how the communication is developed and learned, and how communication systems have adapted and evolved within species. The book will give examples from a variety of species.

Author : Thierry Aubin,Nicolas Mathevon
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030392000

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Coding Strategies in Vertebrate Acoustic Communication by Thierry Aubin,Nicolas Mathevon Pdf

Information is a core concept in animal communication: individuals routinely produce, acquire, process and store information, which provides the basis for their social life. This book focuses on how animal acoustic signals code information and how this coding can be shaped by various environmental and social constraints. Taking birds and mammals, including humans, as models, the authors explore such topics as communication strategies for “public” and “private” signaling, static and dynamic signaling, the diversity of coded information and the way information is decoded by the receiver. The book appeals to a wide audience, ranging from bioacousticians, ethologists and ecologists to evolutionary biologists. Intended for students and researchers alike, it promotes the idea that Shannon and Weaver’s Mathematical Theory of Communication still represents a strong framework for understanding all aspects of the communication process, including its dynamic dimensions.

Author : H. Carl Gerhardt,Franz Huber
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2002-07-15
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0226288323

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Acoustic Communication in Insects and Anurans by H. Carl Gerhardt,Franz Huber Pdf

Walk near woods or water on any spring or summer night and you will hear a bewildering (and sometimes deafening) chorus of frog, toad, and insect calls. How are these calls produced? What messages are encoded within the sounds, and how do their intended recipients receive and decode these signals? How does acoustic communication affect and reflect behavioral and evolutionary factors such as sexual selection and predator avoidance? H. Carl Gerhardt and Franz Huber address these questions among many others, drawing on research from bioacoustics, behavior, neurobiology, and evolutionary biology to present the first integrated approach to the study of acoustic communication in insects and anurans. They highlight both the common solutions that these very different groups have evolved to shared challenges, such as small size, ectothermy (cold-bloodedness), and noisy environments, as well as the divergences that reflect the many differences in evolutionary history between the groups. Throughout the book Gerhardt and Huber also provide helpful suggestions for future research.

Author : Marc D. Hauser,Mark Konishi,Masakazu Konishi
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 726 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Animal communication
ISBN : 0262582236

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The Design of Animal Communication by Marc D. Hauser,Mark Konishi,Masakazu Konishi Pdf

Based on the approach laid out in the 1950s by Nobel laureate Nikolaas Tinbergen, this book looks at animal communication from the four perspectives of mechanisms, ontogeny, function, and phylogeny.

Author : Berthold Hedwig
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642404627

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Insect Hearing and Acoustic Communication by Berthold Hedwig Pdf

This volume provides a comprehensive selection of recent studies addressing insect hearing and acoustic communication. The variety of signalling behaviours and hearing organs makes insects highly suitable animals for exploring and analysing signal generation and hearing in the context of neural processing, ecology, evolution and genetics. Across a variety of hearing species like moths, crickets, bush-crickets, grasshoppers, cicadas and flies, the leading researchers in the field cover recent scientific progress and address key points in current research, such as: - How can we approach the evolution of hearing in insects and what is the developmental and neural origin of the auditory organs? - How are hearing and sound production embedded in the natural lifestyle of the animals, allowing intraspecific communication but also predator avoidance and even predation? - What are the functional properties of hearing organs and how are they achieved at the molecular, biophysical and neural levels? - What are the neural mechanisms of central auditory processing and signal generation? The book is intended for students and researchers both inside and outside of the fascinating field of bioacoustics and aims to foster understanding of hearing and acoustic communication in insects.

Author : G. Sales
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401169011

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Ultrasonic Communication by Animals by G. Sales Pdf

In recent years there has been a rapid increase in the understanding of communication between animals and this is perhaps especially true of bio-acoustics. In the last 35 years a completely new branch of bio acoustics, involving ultrasounds, has been made possible by technical developments that now allow these inaudible sounds to be detected and studied. This subject has a personal fascination for the authors, perhaps because of the novelty of 'listening in' to these previously unknown sig nals, perhaps because of the wide variety of ways in which different animals use them. Many studies of different aspects of animal ultrasound have now been published and a review of them all seems to be timely. Ultrasound is is biologically arbitrary; other animals defined in human terms and may produce similar signals at lower frequencies for similar purposes. This book attempts to be comprehensive but the limits of the subject are rather difficult to define. It should be read in conjunction with other books on audible bio-acoustics. Each chapter has been written and may be read as a separate entity, although there is considerable cross-referencing. Chapters 1 and 2 form a common introduction and may help in understanding the later sections. The Appendix is not essential but is included for those who may be interested in the quanti tative aspects of the echo-location phenomena described in Chapters 3 and 8.

Author : Kroodsma
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-02
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780080924168

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Acoustic Communication in Birds by Kroodsma Pdf

Acoustic Communication in Birds, Volume 1: Production, Perception, and Design Features of Sounds presents the scientific study of bird vocalizations. This book discusses the relations between the physical structure of bird vocalization and their quality as perceived by the recipient. Organized into nine chapters, this volume begins with an overview of the first sound recording of bird sound. This text then outlines some of the complex processes and events between sound production and behavior response to sound. Other chapters consider the study of neural control of vocalizations in birds. This book discusses as well the acoustic information transmitted through the wide range of habitats plays a crucial role in different avian behaviors, including individual and species recognition, territorial defense, mate selection, and song learning. The final chapter deals with a more detailed functional interpretation of a particular sound. This book is a valuable resource for ornithologists, ethologists, and research workers.

Author : Henrik Brumm
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642414947

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Animal Communication and Noise by Henrik Brumm Pdf

The study of animal communication has led to significant progress in our general understanding of motor and sensory systems, evolution, and speciation. However, one often neglected aspect is that signal exchange in every modality is constrained by noise, be it in the transmission channel or in the nervous system. This book analyses whether and how animals can cope with such constraints, and explores the implications that noise has for our understanding of animal communication. It is written by leading biologists working on different taxa including insects, fish, amphibians, lizards, birds, and mammals. In addition to this broad taxonomic approach, the chapters also cover a wide array of research disciplines: from the mechanisms of signal production and perception, to the behavioural ecology of signalling, the evolution of animal communication, and conservation issues. This volume promotes the integration of the knowledge gained by the diverse approaches to the study of animal communication and, at the same time, highlights particularly interesting fields of current and future research.

Author : Andrea Simmons,Richard R. Fay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1475778783

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Acoustic Communication by Andrea Simmons,Richard R. Fay Pdf

Author : Peter K. McGregor
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781475762037

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Playback and Studies of Animal Communication by Peter K. McGregor Pdf

Playback is the technique of rebroadcasting natural or synthetic signals to animals and observing their response. The ability to present a putative signal in isolation, without the potential confounding effects of other activities of the signaller, is the main reason for the depth and range of our knowledge of communication systems. To date, playback of sound signals has predominated, but playback of electric signals and even video playback of visual signals suggests that playback will become just as prevalent in studies of communication in other sensory modalities. This book is one of the outcomes of a workshop on playback held at Thombridge Hall in the Peak District National Park, England during August 1991. There were two reasons for organising the workshop. First, the considerable and lively debate in the literature about the design and analysis of playback experiments -the pseudoreplication debate -was in danger of generating more heat than light. A workshop forum seemed the obvious place to clarify and, if possible, resolve the debate. Second, with the number of new playback and analysis techniques increasing rapidly, it seemed an opportune moment to discuss these techniques and to review some rapidly developing areas of interest in sound communication.

Author : Christine Erbe,Jeanette A. Thomas
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030975401

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Exploring Animal Behavior Through Sound: Volume 1 by Christine Erbe,Jeanette A. Thomas Pdf

This open-access book empowers its readers to explore the acoustic world of animals. By listening to the sounds of nature, we can study animal behavior, distribution, and demographics; their habitat characteristics and needs; and the effects of noise. Sound recording is an efficient and affordable tool, independent of daylight and weather; and recorders may be left in place for many months at a time, continuously collecting data on animals and their environment. This book builds the skills and knowledge necessary to collect and interpret acoustic data from terrestrial and marine environments. Beginning with a history of sound recording, the chapters provide an overview of off-the-shelf recording equipment and analysis tools (including automated signal detectors and statistical methods); audiometric methods; acoustic terminology, quantities, and units; sound propagation in air and under water; soundscapes of terrestrial and marine habitats; animal acoustic and vibrational communication; echolocation; and the effects of noise. This book will be useful to students and researchers of animal ecology who wish to add acoustics to their toolbox, as well as to environmental managers in industry and government.

Author : Reginald B. Cocroft,Matija Gogala,Peggy S.M. Hill,Andreas Wessel
Publisher : Springer
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783662436073

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Studying Vibrational Communication by Reginald B. Cocroft,Matija Gogala,Peggy S.M. Hill,Andreas Wessel Pdf

This volume explains the key ideas, questions and methods involved in studying the hidden world of vibrational communication in animals. The authors dispel the notion that this form of communication is difficult to study and show how vibrational signaling is a key to social interactions in species that live in contact with a substrate, whether it be a grassy lawn, a rippling stream or a tropical forest canopy. This ancient and widespread form of social exchange is also remarkably understudied. A frontier in animal behavior, it offers unparalleled opportunities for discovery and for addressing general questions in communication and social evolution. In addition to reviews of advances made in the study of several animal taxa, this volume also explores topics such as vibrational communication networks, the interaction of acoustic and vibrational communication, the history of the field, the evolution of signal production and reception and establishing a common vocabulary.

Author : Yoshimasa Seki
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07-19
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9789819908318

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Acoustic Communication in Animals by Yoshimasa Seki Pdf

This book is the first volume of the bioacoustics series published by the Society for Bioacoustics. This volume provides an overview of the advances and recent topics in acoustic communication in various animals. Most animals produce vibrations and sounds by moving their body parts, including vocal organs. These sounds can be research targets of bioacoustics studies. How animals use these sounds, especially in inter-individual relationships, is the focus of this volume, “Acoustic Communication in Animals”. The authors’ expertise varies from molecular biology, neurobiology to psychology, and human brain imaging. Their research subjects range from invertebrates to humans. Despite the variety of topics, chapters are developed under the consideration of ethology and evolution. Readers will recognize the profundity of the topics in each chapter. In addition, the view and understanding of natural sound sequences produced by animals can vary among different cultures. Research from Japan and regions that have been underrepresented in previous literature can offer new ideas and unique perspectives in the study of bioacoustics. Readers can grasp the progress of this research field in a broad range of species in one book. The book presents multi- and interdisciplinary topics and appeals to researchers and students in fields including psychology, physiology, zoology, ethology, and neurosciences.

Author : Thomas A. Sebeok,Alexandra Ramsay
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2011-07-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110862850

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Approaches to Animal Communication by Thomas A. Sebeok,Alexandra Ramsay Pdf