Biocommunication of Animals [Paperback]

Every coordination within or between animals depends on communication processes. Although the signaling molecules, vocal and tactile signs, gestures and its combinations differ throughout all species according their evolutionary origins and variety of adaptation processes, certain levels of biocommunication can be found in all animal species:?

(a) Abiotic environmental indices such as temperature, light, water, etc. that affect the local ecosphere of an organism and are sensed, interpreted.

(b) Trans-specific communication with non-related organisms.

(c) Species-specific communication between same or related species.

(d) Intraorganismic communication, i.e., sign-mediated coordination within the body of the organism.

This book gives an overview of the manifold levels of animal communication exemplified by a variety of species and thereby broadens the understanding of these organisms.

Preface; G?nther Witzany.- 1. Why Biocommunication of Animals?; G?nther Witzany.- 2. Signs of Communication in Chimpanzees; Mary Lee A. Jensvold et al.- 3. African and Asian elephant vocal communication: A cross-species comparison; Angela Stoeger, Shermin de Silva.- 4. The information content of wolf (and dog) social communication; Tam?s Farag? et al.- 5. Social origin of vocal communication in rodents; Stefan M. Brudzynski.- 6. Why the caged mouse sings: Studies of the mouse ultrasonic song system and vocal behavior; Gustavo Arriaga.- 7. Vibrational Communication: Spiders to Kangaroo Rats; Jan A. Randall.- 8. Communicative Coordination in Bees; G?nther Witzany.- 9. Social association brings out the altruism in an ant; Kenji Hara.- 10. Termite communication during different behavioral activities; Ana Maria Costa-Leonardo, Ives Haifig.- 11. Crows and Crow Feeders: Observations on Interspecific Semiotics; John M. Marzluff, Marc L. Miller.- 12. Interspecies commulã/