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Vocal Communication in Birds and Mammals

Edited by
  • Marc Naguib, University of Bielefeld, Germany
  • Vincent Janik
  • Nicola Clayton
  • Klaus Zuberbuhler

Included in series
Advances in the Study of Behavior

Hardbound, 350 Pages

Published: August 2009

Imprint: Academic Press

ISBN: 978-0-12-374475-3

Contents

    1. Introduction by the editors
    2. Environmental acoustics and the evolution of communication (Dr. Henrik Brumm & Prof. Dr. Marc Naguib)
    3. The evolution of song in songbirds (Dr. Diego Gil)
    4. Vocal duetting in birds (Dr. Michelle L Hall)
    5. Form and function of vocal communication in delphinids (Dr. Vincent M. Janik)
    6. Individually distinctive vocalizations: applying vocal communication (Dr. Peter K. McGregor)
    7. Proximate constraints on avian vocal evolution (Dr. Jeff Podos)
    8. Beauty is in the ear of the beholder: developmental causes of variation in female song preferences (Dr. Katharina Riebel)
    9. Communication in social learning in primates (Prof. Charles Snowdon)
    10. Vocal learning and vocal development in cetaceans (Dr. Peter Tyack)
    11. Use and function of alarm calls in birds and primates (Prof. Dr. Klaus Zuberbühler)

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