Acoustic Communication

by Simmons, Andrea Megela; Popper, Arthur N.; Fay, Richard R.

• ISBN13: 9780387986616
• ISBN10: 0387986618
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-10-01
• Publisher: Springer Nature

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Series Preface	vii
Preface	ix
Contributors	xiii
Perspectives and Progress in Animal Acoustic Communication	1	(14)
Andrea Megela Simmons
The Physical Acoustics of Underwater Sound Communication	15	(50)
Andrew H. Bass
Christopher W. Clark
Unpacking ``Honesty'': Vertebrate Vocal Production and the Evolution of Acoustic Signals	65	(73)
W. Tecumseh Fitch
Marc D. Hauser
Social Sounds: Vocal Learning and Development of Mammal and Bird Calls	138	(87)
Janette Wenrick Boughman
Cynthia F. Moss
Selection on Long-Distance Acoustic Signals	225	(50)
Michael J. Ryan
Nicole M. Kime
Hormonal Mechanisms in Acoustic Communication	275	(49)
Ayako Yamaguchi
Darcy B. Kelley
The Neuroethology of Vocal Communication: Perception and Cognition	324	(63)
Timothy Q. Gentner
Daniel Margoliash
Index	387