Exploring Animal Behavior Through Sound: Volume 1 - Methods (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)

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.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	October 2022
First published:	2022
Editors:	Christine Erbe • Jeanette A. Thomas
Dimensions:	254 x 178mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	506
Edition:	1st ed. 2022
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-097538-8
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Other technologies > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Classical mechanics > Sound, vibration & waves (acoustics) Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Ecological science, the Biosphere Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Animal physiology Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Animal behaviour
LSN:	3-03-097538-X
Barcode:	9783030975388

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