Acoustic Communication in Subterranean Rodents

摘要: Why study acoustic communication? And why in subterranean rodents? There are several reasons for studying communication this particular group of mammals. First, is great importance to the organization animal societies. Animals use vocal signals elicit specific behaviors, initiate contacts with conspecifics, identify individuals or species, signalize status (reproductive, dominance, territorial), solicit food, warn against predators, and coordinate reproductive efforts (courtship, copulation solicitation, physiological synchrony). Beyond intra-specific level, also an important factor isolation speciation processes. Furthermore, can be a useful instrument explaining general evolutionary principles. Signal structure function shaped by factors, such as characteristics environmental channel which signal transmitted morphological properties both, sender receiver. Thus, usually demonstrate kind, intensity process natural selection. The answer question intimately linked environment they live. ecotopehas influenced evolutionof sensory biology rodents. As seen previous chapter, dark monotonous limits transmission most cues,