Why Penguins Communicate The Evolution of Visual and Vocal Signals
Auteurs : Jouventin Pierre, Dobson F.Stephen
Why Penguins Communicate: The Evolution of Visual and Vocal Signals is a comprehensive and condensed review of several hundred publications on the evolution of penguin behaviors, particularly signaling, linking genetics and ecology via such behavioral adaptations as nuptial displays. This exciting work has developed from the authors? many years researching on the behavioral strategies of penguins, such as the unique vocal signatures for individual recognition. Studies of penguins on islands surrounding Antarctica are presented, fully showcasing the behavioral significance of visual ornaments (mating displays) and how and why penguins behave via adaptive evolutionary explanations.
Through this evolutionary lens, the authors address several questions involving their identification and taxonomy, habitat and location, breeding, and differences between penguins and other seabirds. Each species occupies a unique ecological niche, and behaviors permit separating the species through mutual display.
Although model organisms in science are diverse and specialized, we see the entire integration in penguins, from acoustical and optical physics, to behavioral display and speciation. This work highlights the adaptive significance of their behavior through an evolutionary point- of-view.
1. Evolutionary Biology of Penguins2. Description of Optical Signals3. Experiments on Optical Signals4. Description of Vocal Signals and First Experiments5. Playback Experiments on Vocal Signals6. The Evolution of Breeding Strategies7. The Evolution of Signals for Communication
researchers, academics and students in animal behavior/ethology, marine ecology/biology, evolutionary biology, ornithology, and conservation biology; and for graduate seminar courses on evolution of behaviour, marine ecology, polar biology, and ornithology
F. Stephen Dobson is Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Auburn University, as well as retired Director of Research, National Center for Scientific Research, Montpellier; Chevalier, Order of Academic Palms (France); and a Fulbright Scholar. He has published more than 125 peer-reviewed scientific articles and has made six research trips to the sub-Antarctic for penguin studies.
- Provides a focused view on visual and vocal communication behavior, also presenting the family of penguins as a model for acoustical studies
- Considers the role of ecological and social environments on the evolution of communication in penguins
- Spans the gap between the scientific community and an interested lay audience, featuring a readable style for students, professional researchers in biology, ornithologists, ethologists and penguin enthusiasts alike
- Ideal resource for graduate seminar courses on evolution of behavior, marine ecology, polar biology and ornithology
Date de parution : 09-2017
Ouvrage de 332 p.
15x22.8 cm
Thèmes de Why Penguins Communicate :
Mots-clés :
Acoustic experiments; Adaptation; Adoption; Aggression; Appeasement; Bar code; Biennial reproduction; Biological significance; Breeding strategy; Chick songs; Chick-napping; Cocktail party effect; Coefficient of variation; Cold currents; Color measurement; Complex songs; Conservation; Courtesy rule; Courtship; Diving; Divorce; DNA; Early discovery; Ethics; Experiments; Flightless; Frequency modulation; Geographical speciation; Hatched songs; Homosexuality; Human threat; Individual recognition; Information theory; Mate choice; Mutual display songs; Mutual selection; Nest function; Nesting ecology; Nuptial display; Oceanographic speciation; Olfaction; Ornaments; Pigments; Playbacks; Reproductive cycles; Reproductive isolation; Sex ratio; Sexual monomorphism; Sexual postures; Sexual selection; Sonogram; Southern Hemisphere; Stereotypy; Structural color; Study localities; Systematics; Tape recordings; Taxonomy; Temporal domain; Trios; Two voices; UV color; Visual signals; Vocal signature
