Keywords:
Animal communication.
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Electronic books.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (329 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9783030392000
Series Statement:
Animal Signals and Communication Series ; v.7
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=6147791
Language:
English
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Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Acoustic Coding Strategies Through the Lens of the Mathematical Theory of Communication -- References -- Chapter 2: To Shout or to Whisper? Strategies for Encoding Public and Private Information in Sound Signals -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Active Space of a Propagating Sound Signal -- 2.3 Coding Constraints and Possibilities -- 2.3.1 Constraints Imposed by Sender Anatomy and Vocal Physiology -- 2.3.2 Potential Active Space Regulation by Sender Behavior -- 2.3.3 Coding Constraints and Possibilities by Sound Propagation Through the Noisy Environment -- 2.3.4 Coding Constraints Imposed by Receiver Auditory Physiology -- 2.3.5 Potential Active Space Regulation by Receiver Behavior -- 2.4 Predictions on Encoding of Public and Private Sound Signals -- 2.5 Observed Soft Private and Loud Public Calls and Songs -- 2.5.1 Observed Soft and Loud Vocalizations -- 2.5.2 Observed Source Levels of Soft and Loud Vocalizations -- 2.5.3 Other Coding Parameters Observed in Soft and Loud Vocalizations -- 2.5.4 Observed Behavioral Choices of Soft and Loud Calls and Songs -- 2.6 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3: The Bird Dawn Chorus Revisited -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The Bird Dawn Chorus -- 3.3 Song Function Versus Dawn Chorus Function: Why at This Time Precisely? -- 3.4 Factors Affecting the Dawn Chorus and Related Functional Hypotheses -- 3.4.1 Hormones and Other Internal Drivers: Proximal Causation of the Dawn Chorus -- 3.4.2 Breeding Cycle -- 3.4.3 Social Interactions -- 3.4.4 Individual Differences -- 3.4.5 Foraging -- 3.4.6 Predation -- 3.4.7 Weather -- 3.4.8 Light -- 3.4.9 Noise -- 3.5 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4: Coding Human Languages for Long-Range Communication in Natural Ecological Environments: Shouting, Whistling, and Dr... -- 4.1 Introduction.
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4.2 Environmental Constraints and Their Impact on Modal Speech -- 4.3 Different Strategies of Adaptation for Distant Dialogs -- 4.3.1 Shouted Speech -- 4.3.2 Whistled Speech -- 4.3.3 Drummed Speech -- 4.3.4 Some Important Elements of Comparison Between These Three Registers -- 4.4 Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 5: Coding of Static Information in Terrestrial Mammal Vocal Signals -- 5.1 The Source-Filter Model of Vocal Production -- 5.2 The Source -- 5.2.1 Information Encoded by F0 -- 5.2.2 Function of F0 -- 5.2.3 Departures from F0/Size Allometry -- 5.3 The Filter -- 5.3.1 Information Encoded by Formant Frequencies -- 5.3.2 Function of Formants -- 5.3.3 Adaptations for Producing Lower Formants -- 5.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: Coding for `Dynamic´ Information: Vocal Expression of Emotional Arousal and Valence in Non-human Animals -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Mechanisms: Vocal Expression of Emotions -- 6.3 Evidence: Vocal Expression of Emotions -- 6.3.1 Evidence for Vocal Expression of Emotional Arousal -- 6.3.2 Evidence for Vocal Expression of Emotional Valence -- 6.4 Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7: Seasonal Hormone Fluctuations and Song Structure of Birds -- 7.1 Seasonal Singing Activity and Song Type Usage -- 7.1.1 Seasonal Singing Activity (Fig. 7.1) -- 7.1.2 Seasonal Song Type Usage -- 7.2 Seasonal Change of Song Structure -- 7.3 Testosterone-Dependent Seasonal Singing -- 7.3.1 Testosterone-Dependent Singing Activity -- 7.3.2 Testosterone-Dependent Seasonal Song Structure -- 7.4 Neural Mechanisms of Seasonal Singing Activity -- 7.5 Neural Mechanisms of Testosterone-Dependent Seasonal Song Structure -- 7.5.1 Seasonal Testosterone Sensitivity of Vocal Control Regions: Androgen and Estrogen Receptors in Vocal Neurons -- 7.5.2 Seasonal Changes of Transcription of Vocal Control Neurons.
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7.5.3 Comparisons of Seasonal Testosterone-Induced Differentiation of Song Control Regions and Song Structure -- 7.5.4 Males Versus Females -- 7.5.5 Testosterone-Independent Seasonal Control of Song Structure -- 7.6 Conclusion. Seasonal Singing: Who, How, and What for? -- References -- Chapter 8: From Vocal to Neural Encoding: A Transversal Investigation of Information Transmission at Long Distance in Birds -- 8.1 Active Space and Encoded Information in Animal Vocalizations -- 8.2 The ``Issue´´ of Communicating at Long Distance in a Natural Environment -- 8.3 The Coding of Individual Vocal Signatures in Propagated Calls -- 8.4 Signal Decoding: Investigating the Neural Substrate for Auditory Scene Analysis -- 8.4.1 Increasing Selectivity for Behaviorally Relevant Features Along the Auditory Pathway -- 8.4.2 Discrimination of Naturally Degraded Individual Vocal Signatures in Single Cortical Neurons -- 8.4.3 Ensemble Coding: The Auditory System as a Neural Network -- 8.5 In Search of the Neural Interface Between Brain and Behavior -- 8.5.1 The Role of Conscious Perception on Neural Processing -- 8.5.2 Perceptual Learning: Pushing the Limits of Discrimination -- 8.5.3 A Neural Substrate Readily Available for the Discrimination of Fine-Detailed Information -- 8.6 Conclusion and Perspectives -- References -- Chapter 9: Mother-Offspring Vocal Recognition and Social System in Pinnipeds -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Vocal Recognition and Ontogeny -- 9.2.1 Evidence for Vocal Recognition -- 9.2.2 Onset of Vocal Identification -- 9.3 Individual Vocal Signature -- 9.3.1 Cracking the Code of Individual Recognition -- 9.3.2 Propagation of the Vocal Signature -- 9.4 Interactions of Acoustic with Non-acoustic Cues and Individual Recognition -- 9.5 Conclusions -- References.
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Chapter 10: Acoustic Coding of Information in a Complex Social Network: Identity Signaling in Northern Elephant Seals -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.1.1 Learning and Communication -- 10.1.2 The Role of Associative Learning During Individual Recognition -- 10.1.3 Selection Pressures that Drive the Emergence of Individual Recognition -- 10.1.4 Intra-sexual, Mate, and Kin Individual Recognition -- 10.1.5 Honest Signaling Versus Individual Signatures -- 10.1.6 Male-Male Competition Among Northern Elephant Seals -- 10.1.7 Acoustic Signaling in Male Northern Elephant Seals -- 10.2 The Case for Identity Signaling in Male Northern Elephant Seals -- 10.3 The Social Conditions that Support Individual Recognition in Northern Elephant Seals -- 10.4 Fine-Scale Site Fidelity of Male Northern Elephant Seals -- 10.5 The Social Network of Male Northern Elephant Seals -- 10.6 Vocal Ontogeny of Male Acoustic Displays -- 10.7 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 11: How Songbird Females Sample Male Song: Communication Networks and Mate Choice -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Communication Networks -- 11.3 Female Mate Sampling -- 11.4 Song Traits for Female Choice in a Communication Network -- 11.5 Integrating Information from Multiple Interactions -- 11.6 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 12: Interspecific Communication: Gaining Information from Heterospecific Alarm Calls -- 12.1 Alarm Calls, Heterospecific Eavesdropping, and Communication -- 12.1.1 Alarm Calls and Eavesdropping -- 12.1.2 Definitions and Scope of Chapter -- 12.2 Alarm Communication Within Species -- 12.2.1 Function of Alarm Calls -- 12.2.2 Coding: Marler´s Insight on Structure and Function -- 12.2.3 Generic Acoustic Features -- 12.2.4 Interspecific Alarm Call Diversity -- 12.2.5 Alarm Call Usage -- 12.3 Information from Heterospecific Alarms -- 12.3.1 Diversity of Eavesdropping -- 12.3.2 Information Gained.
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12.3.3 Benefits -- 12.4 Mechanisms of Recognition of Heterospecific Alarm Calls -- 12.4.1 Learned and Unlearned Recognition -- 12.4.2 Acoustic Similarity to Conspecific Calls -- 12.4.3 Generic Acoustic Features -- 12.4.4 Learning -- 12.5 Eavesdropping, Communication, and Deception -- 12.5.1 Eavesdropping Facilitates Evolution -- 12.5.2 Communication -- 12.5.3 Cue Denial -- 12.5.4 Deception -- 12.6 Vocal Mimicry -- 12.6.1 Avian Mimicry of Alarm Calls -- 12.6.2 Mimetic Accuracy -- 12.6.3 Function -- 12.6.3.1 Mobbing Predators -- 12.6.3.2 Deceiving Predators -- 12.6.3.3 Deception and Kleptoparasitism -- 12.6.3.4 Intraspecific Communication and Teaching -- 12.7 Conclusions and Opportunities -- References -- Chapter 13: A Framework to Understand Interspecific Multimodal Signaling Systems -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 A Brief Background of Multimodal Signaling -- 13.3 Interspecific Signaling and Communication -- 13.4 An Interspecific Multimodal Framework (Fig. 13.1) -- 13.4.1 Is There an Ecological Incentive to Communicate? -- 13.4.2 Is Interspecific Multimodal Communication Mechanistically Possible? -- 13.4.3 Is There a Fitness Consequence to Interspecific Multimodal Communication? -- 13.5 Conclusions -- References.
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