Exploring Animal Behavior Through Sound: Volume 1
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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.
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.
This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access Introduces standard terminology, procedures, equipment, and analysis tools for animal bioacoustic studies Unravels complex concepts, such as sound propagation and discusses common pit-falls Points to numerous resources (in print and online) for further in-depth reading
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Christine Erbe
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Animal Communication Bioacoustics Echolocation Hearing Sound production Vocalization Open Access Biotremology Syrinx Anthropogenic noise Mate choice Stridulation
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“The edited volume Exploring Animal Behavior through Sound is written by bioacoustics experts from across the globe ... . this volume is an extremely valuable resource for ecology students and researchers who want to add bioacoustics to their toolbox. It is also a very important and useful read for any researcher who works on protecting species and habitats.” (Oded Berger-Tal, The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. 98 (4), December, 2023)
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