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From Sender to Receiver: Propagation and Environmental Effects on Acoustic Signals
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SYNOPSIS. Acoustic signals transmitted over large distances differ significantly from those emitted by the signaler. Acoustic signals degrade in amplitude, spectral and temporal structure as they propagate through theenvironment. A great deal of work on acoustic communication is aimed at understanding the selective forces imposed by the environment on animal signals. I will discuss the physical constraints the environment puts on acoustic communication, and then discuss similarities in communication by anurans and insects that relate these environmental constraints to their signaling systems. Lastly, I show how changes in signals during propagation relate to changes in signal perception during phonotaxis, and thus, how propagation relates to mate choice and sexual selection
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“Experimental tests have shown that signal attenuation and degradation during propagation through the environment can affect signal detection and the encoded information aimed at a receiver (Forrest, 1994; Slabbekoorn, Ellers & Smith, 2002; Ringler et al., 2017).”
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- Authors
- FORREST, T. G.
- Venue
- American Zoologist
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1994-12
- Volume
- 34
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 644-654
- ISSN
- 0003-1569 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2016071341
- Cited by
- 349
- References
- 31
- FWCI
- 2.04
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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