Acoustic Communication (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Simmons, Andrea; Fay, Richard R.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This SHAR volume discusses both the production and perception of acoustic signals that animals send and receive in order to communicate. 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer US
• Seitenzahl: 404
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. April 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780387227627
• Artikelnr.: 43999696

Inhaltsangabe

Perspectives and Progress in Animal Acoustic Communication.- The Physical Acoustics of Underwater Sound Communication.- Unpacking "Honesty": Vertebrate Vocal Production and the Evolution of Acoustic Signals.- Social Sounds: Vocal Learning and Development of Mammal and Bird Calls.- Selection on Long-Distance Acoustic Signals.- Hormonal Mechanisms in Acoustic Communication.- The Neuroethology of Vocal Communication: Perception and Cognition.