Untertitel:: Animal Signals and Communication
Herausgeber:: Thierry Aubin / Nicolas Mathevon
Verlag:: Springer International Publishing
Erschienen:: 28.03.2020
Seitenanzahl:: 325
EAN:: 9783030392000
Format:: eBook
Schutz:: Dig. Wass.

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Coding Strategies in Vertebrate Acoustic Communication

Information is a core concept in animal communication: individuals routinely produce, acquire, process and store information, which provides the basis for their social life. This book focuses on how animal acoustic signals code information and how this coding can be shaped by various environmental and social constraints. Taking birds and mammals, including humans, as models, the authors explore such topics as communication strategies for “public” and “private” signaling, static and dynamic signaling, the diversity of coded information and the way information is decoded by the receiver. The book appeals to a wide audience, ranging from bioacousticians, ethologists and ecologists to evolutionary biologists. Intended for students and researchers alike, it promotes the idea that Shannon and Weaver’s Mathematical Theory of Communication still represents a strong framework for understanding all aspects of the communication process, including its dynamic dimensions.