Farina Almo - The Ecological Role of Sounds

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Names: Farina, Almo, editor. | Gage, S. H., editor.

Title: Ecoacoustics : the ecological role of sounds / edited by Almo Farina, Urbino University, IT, Stuart H Gage, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, US.

Description: First edition. | Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2017. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017003603 (print) | LCCN 2017005379 (ebook) | ISBN9781119230694 (cloth) | ISBN 9781119230700 (pdf) | ISBN 9781119230717 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Landscape ecology. | Nature sounds. | Bioacoustics. | Ecosystem health. | Biodiversity.

Classification: LCC QH541.15.L35 E247 2017 (print) | LCC QH541.15.L35 (ebook) | DDC 577-dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017003603

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Cover Image: Courtesy of Stuart H. Gage

1. Anne C. Axel
2. Department of Biological Sciences
3. Marshall University
4. Huntington
5. USA

1. Giuseppa Buscaino
2. BioAcousticsLab
3. National Research Council (IAMC-CNR) - Detached Unit of Capo Granitola (TP)
4. Italy

1. Maria Ceraulo
2. Department of Pure and Applied Sciences
3. University of Urbino
4. Urbino
5. Italy

1. Almo Farina
2. Department of Pure and Applied Sciences
3. University of Urbino
4. Urbino
5. Italy

1. Francesco Filiciotto
2. BioAcousticsLab
3. National Research Council (IAMC-CNR) - Detached Unit of Capo Granitola (TP)
4. Italy

1. Susan Fuller
2. Queensland University of Technology
3. Brisbane
4. Australia

1. Stuart H. Gage
2. Department of Entomology
3. Michigan State University
4. East Lansing
5. USA

1. Wooyeong Joo
2. Choongnam
3. Seocheon-gun
4. Maseo-Myeon
5. Geumgang-ro
6. South Korea

1. Eric P. Kasten
2. Michigan State University
3. East Lansing
4. USA

1. Bernie Krause
2. Wild Sanctuary
3. Glen Ellen
4. USA

1. David Monacchi
2. Conservatorio Gioachino Rossini
3. Pesaro
4. Italy

1. Timothy C. Mullet
2. Ecological Services
3. US Fish and Wildlife Service
4. Daphne
5. Alabama
6. USA

1. Brian Michael Napoletano
2. Centro de Investigaciones en Geografa Ambiental
3. Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico
4. Morelia
5. Michoacn
6. Mxico

1. Susan E. Parks
2. 107 College Place
3. Syracuse
4. USA

1. Gianni Pavan
2. CIBRA
3. University of Pavia
4. Italy

1. Nadia Pieretti
2. Department of Pure and Applied Sciences
3. University of Urbino
4. Urbino
5. Italy

1. Marisol A. Quintanilla-Tornel
2. Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences
3. University of Hawaii
4. Manoa
5. USA

1. Lyndsay Rankin
2. Northern Illinois University
3. DeKalb
4. USA

1. Denise Risch
2. Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS)
3. Oban
4. Scotland
5. UK

1. Michael Towsey
2. Queensland University of Technology
3. Brisbane
4. Australia

Discovering the importance of sound in natural processes is an important legacy of bioacoustics and human acoustics, two disciplines that have developed in the second half of the twentieth century. At that time, Aldo Leopold and Rachel Carson used acoustics to describe relevant phenomena like animal migration or the effect of chemical pollution on reproductive success of breeding birds but acoustics technology methods were rare. Their heritage is an important baseline for a new ecological perspective in the scientific investigation of sound, known as ecoacoustics, a discipline that incorporates and integrates the study of sound in both ecological and human systems.

Sound is an important phenomenon including behavioral functions that range from mate performance to territory defense and social cohesion and has recently been shown to be a key issue in ecological processes. The Earth emits geological, biological, and human sounds within the biosphere, creating a sonic context that characterizes ecosystems at different spatial and temporal scales and has consequences that can affect many ecological processes. Vocal animals have a direct relationship with habitat suitability and the vocal performance of other organisms, further confirming the energy investment required to produce acoustic signals and the trade-off between such performances, other life traits, and the availability of resources needed for their survivorship.