Syllabus
· General introduction: history of bioacoustic research, sound characteristics, infra- and ultrasound, sound recording and analysis, practical use of bioacoustics
· Vocal communication: general patterns of communication, costs and benefits of acoustic communication, conventional vocal signalling
· Communication networks and motivation-structural rules: eavesdropping, audience effect, etc. in communication networks; interspecific vocal communication
· Variability in intraspecific vocalisation I: geographic variation
· Variability in intraspecific vocalisation II: Temporal variation; Song and territoriality, duetting; Individual recognition
· Vocal communication in poor visibility: Ultrasound and underwater vocal communication
Annotation
The lecture is planned as an introduction to the bioacoustics with focus on behavioural aspects of vocal communication. 2 hours every second week