Vocal Communication In Birds And Mammals

Author : Marc Naguib
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 9780080922669
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vocal Communication in Birds and Mammals written by Marc Naguib and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2009-08-06 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advances in the Study of Behavior was initiated over 40 years ago to serve the increasing number of scientists engaged in the study of animal behavior. That number is still expanding. This thematic volume, Vocal Communication in Birds and Mammals, makes another important "contribution to the development of the field" by presenting theoretical ideas and research to those studying animal behavior and to their colleagues in neighboring fields.

Author : Eugene S. Morton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107052254
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Animal Vocal Communication written by Eugene S. Morton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-04-06 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents a new approach to conceptualizing animal vocal communication, with an emphasis on how receivers' responses influence signalling.

Author : Lesley J. Rogers
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674008274
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Songs, Roars, and Rituals written by Lesley J. Rogers and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the calling macaw and the roaring lion to the dancing lyrebird, animals all around us can be heard and seen communicating with each other and, occasionally, with us. Why they do so, what their utterances mean, and how much we know about them are the subject of Songs, Roars, and Rituals. This is a concise, yet comprehensive, introduction to the complexities of communication in animals. Rogers and Kaplan take us on an exciting journey through communication in the animal world, offering insights on how animals communicate by sight, sound, smell, touch, and even electrical signaling. They explore a wide variety of communication patterns in many species of mammals and birds and discuss in detail how communication signals evolved, how they are learned, and what song and mimicry may mean. An up-to-date account of the science of animal communication, this book also considers modern concepts (such as that of deceptive communication) and modern controversies, primarily those surrounding the evolution of human language and the use of symbolic language by apes. It concludes with a thought-provoking look at the future of communication between humans and animals.

Author : P. K. McGregor
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781139443678
Total Pages : 682 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Animal Communication Networks written by P. K. McGregor and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-03-31 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most animal communication has evolved and now takes place in the context of a communication network, i.e. several signallers and receivers within communication range of each other. This idea follows naturally from the observation that many signals travel further than the average spacing between animals. This is self evidently true for long-range signals, but at a high density the same is true for short-range signals (e.g. begging calls of nestling birds). This book provides a current summary of research on communication networks and appraises future prospects. It combines information from studies of several taxonomic groups (insects to people via fiddler crabs, fish, frogs, birds and mammals) and several signalling modalities (visual, acoustic and chemical signals). It also specifically addresses the many areas of interface between communication networks and other disciplines (from the evolution of human charitable behaviour to the psychophysics of signal perception, via social behaviour, physiology and mathematical models).

Author : Andrea Simmons
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387227628
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Acoustic Communication written by Andrea Simmons and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-04-18 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Henrik Brumm
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 364241494X
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Animal Communication and Noise written by Henrik Brumm and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Clive K. Catchpole
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521544009
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bird Song written by Clive K. Catchpole and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-10-30 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains how and why birds sing to one another.

Author : Clive Catchpole
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780839102663
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vocal Communication in Birds written by Clive Catchpole and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : W. H. Thorpe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bird-song : the biology of vocal communication and expression in birds written by W. H. Thorpe and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dietmar Todt
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642737692
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Primate Vocal Communication written by Dietmar Todt and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Communication is both a prerequisite and manifestation of social organization and in this sense several chapters of this volume are aimed to investigate the way vocal communication serves its ultimate function of maintaining social organization. Although manifold parallels exist to vocal communication in birds, additional mechanisms of vocalization are found in primates. Treating the various psychological, ecological, behavioral, and neurobiological aspects of vocalization this book provides an interdisciplinary approach for the understanding of biocommunication in primates including humans. Conceptual as well as methodological considerations are given in a balanced way. The addition of a comprehensive glossary gives an overview also to nonspecialists in this field.