Exploring Animal Behavior Through Sound: Volume 1: Methods

• Autor: Erbe, Christine ; Thomas, Jeanette A
• Thomas, Jeanette A ; Erbe, Christine
• Assuntos: Acoustic and sound engineering ; Acoustics ; Agriculture ; Animal behavior ; Animal Communication ; Anthropogenic noise ; Bioacoustics ; Biology, life sciences ; Biotremology ; Classical mechanics ; Echolocation ; Ecological science, the Biosphere ; Ecology ; Engineering ; Hearing ; Industrial processes::TT Other technologies and applied sciences::TTA Acoustic and sound engineering ; Life sciences: general issues ; life sciences::PSA Life sciences: general issues::PSAF Ecological science ; life sciences::PSV Zoology and animal sciences ; Mate choice ; Mathematics and Science ; Other technologies and applied sciences ; Physics ; Physiology ; Sound production ; Stridulation ; Syrinx ; Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes ; the Biosphere ; thema EDItEUR ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PH Physics::PHD Classical mechanics::PHDS Wave mechanics (vibration and acoustics) ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology ; Underwater acoustics ; Vocalization ; Wave mechanics (vibration and acoustics) ; Zoology ; Zoology and animal sciences
• Descrição: 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.
  
• Editor: Cham: Springer Nature
  
• Data de criação/publicação: 2022
  
• Formato: 517
  
• Idioma: Inglês