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Arthropod bioacoustics : neurobiology and behaviour / by Ewing, Arthur W.(CARDINAL)316486;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-250).
Subjects: Arthropoda; Arthropoda; Bioacoustics.; Insects; Insects; Sound production by insects.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Listening in the dark : the acoustic orientation of bats and men / by Griffin, Donald R.(Donald Redfield),1915-2003.(CARDINAL)329744;
Includes bibliographies.
Subjects: Bat sounds.; Bioacoustics.; Echolocation (Physiology);
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Listening in the dark : the acoustic orientation of bats and men / by Griffin, Donald R.(Donald Redfield),1915-2003.(CARDINAL)329744;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-404) and index.
Subjects: Bats.; Echolocation (Physiology); Bioacoustics.; Animal orientation.;
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Voices of the wild : animal songs, human din, and the call to save natural soundscapes / by Krause, Bernie,1938-author.(CARDINAL)724974;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The birth of the soundscape -- The challenges -- New progress -- The world through soundscapes -- The future.Krause’s narrative—supplemented by exclusive access to field recordings from the wild—draws on a compelling range of personal anecdotes, histories, and examples to document his early exploration of this field and to lay the groundwork for future generations.Since 1968, Bernie Krause has traveled the world recording the sounds of remote landscapes, endangered habitats, and rare animal species. Through his organization, Wild Sanctuary, he has collected the soundscapes of more than 2,000 different habitat types, marine and terrestrial. With powerful illustrations and compelling stories, Krause provides a manifesto for the appreciation and protection of natural soundscapes. In his previous book, The Great Animal Orchestra, Krause drew readers’ attention to what Jane Goodall described as “the harmonies of nature . . . [that are being] one by one by one, snuffed out by human actions.” He now explains that the secrets hidden in the natural world’s shrinking sonic environment must be preserved, not only for our scientific understanding, but for our cultural heritage and humanity’s physical and spiritual welfare.
Subjects: Nature sounds.; Soundscapes (Music); Acoustic phenomena in nature.; Bioacoustics.; Sound; Sound;
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Secrets of sound : studying the calls and songs of whales, elephants, and birds / by Sayre, April Pulley.(CARDINAL)208821;
Includes bibliographical references (page 60) and index.Examines the work of several bioacousticians, scientists who study the sounds made by living creatures, discussing the results and importance of their research.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Animal sounds; Bioacoustics; Environmental education.;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 7
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Sounds wild and broken : sonic marvels, evolution's creativity, and the crisis of sensory extinction / by Haskell, David George,author.(CARDINAL)398304;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-416) and index.Origins. Primal sound and the ancient roots of hearing ; Unity and diversity ; Sensory bargains and biases -- The flourishing of animal sounds. Predators, silence, wings ; Flowers oceans, milk -- Evolution's creative powers. Air, water, wood ; In the clamor ; Sexuality and beauty ; Vocal learning and culture ; The imprints of deep time -- Human music and belonging. Bone, ivory, breath ; Resonant spaces ; Music, forest, body -- Diminishment, crisis, and injustice. Forests ; Oceans ; Cities -- Listening. In community ; In the deep past and future."A rich exploration of how the evolution of both natural and manmade sounds have shaped us and the world, and how the world's acoustic diversity is currently in grave danger of being destroyed. We live on a planet that is wrapped in the diverse acoustic marvels of song and speech. Yet never has this diversity been so threatened as it is now. Braiding his experience as a listener and an ecologist with the latest scientific discoveries, David Haskell explores the acoustic wonders of our planet. Starting in deep time with the origins of animal song and traversing the whole arc of Earth's history, he illuminates and celebrates the creative processes that have produced the varied sounds of our world. From the powers of animal sexuality and environmental change, to the unpredictable, improvisational whims of genetic evolution and cultural change, sounds on Earth are the products of and catalysts for vibrant ecosystems. Four interconnected sensory crises are currently diminishing the vitality of our sonic world. Deforestation is erasing the most complex communities of sounds the world has ever known. In the oceans, machine noise has created a living hell for the most acoustically sensitive animals on the planet. In cities, noise has resulted in dire sonic inequities among people, the result of racism, sexism, and power asymmetries. Last, in forgetting or being barred from hearing the voices of the living Earth, we lose both the experience of joyful connection and the foundation for ethics and action. As wild sounds disappear forever and human noise smothers other voices, the Earth becomes flatter, blander. According to Haskell, this decline is not a mere loss of sensory ornament. Sound is a generative force, and so the erasure of sonic diversity makes the world less creative. His book is an invitation to listen, wonder, belong, and act."--
Subjects: Bioacoustics; Nature sounds; Acoustic phenomena in nature; Sound;
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What fish are saying : strange sounds in the ocean / by Pendreigh, Kirsten,author.(CARDINAL)857042; Melrose, Katie,illustrator.(CARDINAL)889829;
Did you know that fish grunt, shellfish crackle, and some sea creatures even burp and boop to communicate? Dive into a fascinating underwater adventure as one little shellfish guides readers through the surprisingly loud world beneath the waves.
Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; Creative nonfiction.; Illustrated works.; Marine animals; Ocean sounds; Fish sounds; Sound production by animals; Animal communication; Animal sounds; Bioacoustics;
Available copies: 12 / Total copies: 20
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The sounds of life : how digital technology is bringing us closer to the worlds of animals and plants / by Bakker, Karen J.,author.(CARDINAL)859667;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-344) and index.Sounds of life -- The singing ocean -- Quiet thunder -- Voice of the turtle -- Reef lullaby -- Plant polyphonies -- Bat banter -- How to speak honeybee -- The internet of earthlings -- Listening to the tree of life."When we think of animal sound we tend to think about birds or other highly sonic animals. However, scientists are learning that a much wider range of animals, and even plants, use sound, and they are figuring this out with the help of AI and other digital technologies. Bakker shows how digital technology, so often associated with our alienation from nature, is offering an opportunity to listen to plants and animals in powerful new ways, changing our understanding of nonhuman communication and reviving our connection to the natural world. But this science is not merely about listening to nature in new ways; it also creates new possibilities for both conservation and interspecies communication. She ends the book by exploring how conservationists are using bioacoustics to protect endangered species, address the threat of noise pollution, and create innovative responses to biodiversity loss and climate change. Ultimately, we see that bioacoustics, aided by digital tech, offers humanity a powerful new window into the nonhuman world"--
Subjects: Informational works.; Sound; Nature sounds; Natural history; Bioacoustics; Landscape ecology.; Noise pollution.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Katydids of Costa Rica / by Naskrecki, Piotr.(CARDINAL)289239; Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.(CARDINAL)148231; Orthopterists' Society.(CARDINAL)324881;
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.v. 1. Systematics and bioacoustics of the cone-head katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae sensu lato).System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: Macintosh or Windows; CD-ROM drive.
Subjects: Katydids; Katydids;
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Birding by ear [sound recording] : a guide to bird-song identification : Eastern / by Walton, Richard K.(CARDINAL)273288; Lawson, Robert W.; Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics.; Cornell University.Laboratory of Ornithology.(CARDINAL)280713;
Disk 1: Introduction -- Mimics -- Woodpeckers -- Sing-songers -- Hawks -- Chippers and trillers -- High pitchers. Disk 2: Whistlers -- Owls and a dove -- Simple vocalizations --- Complex vocalizations -- Name-sayers -- Warbling songsters -- Commoners. Disk 3: Wood warblers and a wren -- Thrushes -- Unusual vocalizations -- Miscellaneous vocalizations -- Habitat groupings.Edited by Roger Tory Peterson ; recordings by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology and the Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics.Narrated by Richard K. Walton and Robert W. Lawson.Designed to help listeners recognize birds of eastern and central North America by their songs and calls. Points out exactly what to listen for to tell one bird from another.
Subjects: Birds; Birdsongs;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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