Acoustic Communication

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Simmons, Andrea Megela (Editor), Fay, Richard R. (Editor), Popper, Arthur N. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2003.
• Series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, 16
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Neurosciences.; Behavioral sciences.; Animal physiology.; Life Sciences.; Animal Physiology.; Behavioral Sciences.

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 t...

Table of Contents:

• 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.