Exploring Animal Behavior Through Sound: Volume 1
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- English
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About this book
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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Front Matter
- 1. History of Sound Recording and Analysis Equipment
- 2. Choosing Equipment for Animal Bioacoustic Research
- 3. Collecting, Documenting, and Archiving Bioacoustical Data and Metadata
- 4. Introduction to Acoustic Terminology and Signal Processing
- 5. Source-Path-Receiver Model for Airborne Sounds
- 6. Introduction to Sound Propagation Under Water
- 7. Analysis of Soundscapes as an Ecological Tool
- 8. Detection and Classification Methods for Animal Sounds
- 9. Fundamental Data Analysis Tools and Concepts for Bioacoustical Research
- 10. Behavioral and Physiological Audiometric Methods for Animals
- 11. Vibrational and Acoustic Communication in Animals
- 12. Echolocation in Bats, Odontocetes, Birds, and Insectivores
- 13. The Effects of Noise on Animals
- Back Matter