Coding Strategies in Vertebrate Acoustic Communication

Coding Strategies in Vertebrate Acoustic Communication
ISBN-10
3030392007
ISBN-13
9783030392000
Category
Science
Pages
325
Language
English
Published
2020-03-28
Publisher
Springer Nature
Authors
Thierry Aubin, Nicolas Mathevon

Description

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.

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