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Acoustic communication within and between species reflects evolutionary processes, including the effects of evolutionary constraint. This summer in Valencia, Spain, we will be hosting a symposium on the “Neuroethology and biomechanics of acoustic communication in vertebrates”, where the focus will be on the mechanisms, functions, and evolution of acoustic signals in vertebrates.
CALL FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS
“Neuroethology and biomechanics of acoustic communication in vertebrates”
Special symposium at the annual meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology July 3-6, 2013 in Valencia, Spain.
Organizers: Coen P. H. Elemans and John M. Ratcliffe, University of Southern Denmark (co...@biology.sdu.dk<mailto:co...@biology.sdu.dk>, j...@biology.sdu.dk<mailto:jmr@biology.sdu.dk>)
Abstract deadline: May 3rd, 2013 (talks and posters)
For abstract submission, registration and more info:
http://www.sebiology.org/meetings/Valencia/Valencia.html
Keynote speakers:
Andrew H. Bass (Cornell University)
W. Tecumseh Fitch (University of Vienna)
Confirmed Speakers
Ana Amador (University of Buenos Aires)
Marcel van der Heijden (University of Rotterdam)
Christian Herbst (University of Vienna)
Nicole Kime (Edgewood College)
Peter T. Madsen (University of Århus)
David Reby (University of Sussex)
Roderick A. Suthers (University of Indiana)
Summary
Sound communication is fundamental to many social interactions and essential to courtship and agonistic behaviors in a great variety of vertebrates, including man. Close to 10,000 species of birds, 5,000 species of frogs, 5,000 species of mammals, and a yet unknown number of fish, produce a multitude of sounds, ranging from clicks and grunts, howls and whistles, the precise and rapid modulations of sound amplitude and frequency in echolocation signals, to complex, learned languages.
Sound production and perception involves complex interactions between sensory systems, musculoskeletal dynamics and the brain, which can result in behaviors of both dazzling complexity and simple elegance.
These sessions will include world-leading researchers presenting on the state of the art and the future of the field. Recent advances will be illustrated by some of the most successful experimental animal models used to better understand the neural basis and biomechanics of sound communication.
CALL FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS
“Neuroethology and biomechanics of acoustic communication in vertebrates”
Special symposium at the annual meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology July 3-6, 2013 in Valencia, Spain.
Organizers: Coen P. H. Elemans and John M. Ratcliffe, University of Southern Denmark (co...@biology.sdu.dk<mailto:co...@biology.sdu.dk>, j...@biology.sdu.dk<mailto:jmr@biology.sdu.dk>)
Abstract deadline: May 3rd, 2013 (talks and posters)
For abstract submission, registration and more info:
http://www.sebiology.org/meetings/Valencia/Valencia.html
Keynote speakers:
Andrew H. Bass (Cornell University)
W. Tecumseh Fitch (University of Vienna)
Confirmed Speakers
Ana Amador (University of Buenos Aires)
Marcel van der Heijden (University of Rotterdam)
Christian Herbst (University of Vienna)
Nicole Kime (Edgewood College)
Peter T. Madsen (University of Århus)
David Reby (University of Sussex)
Roderick A. Suthers (University of Indiana)
Summary
Sound communication is fundamental to many social interactions and essential to courtship and agonistic behaviors in a great variety of vertebrates, including man. Close to 10,000 species of birds, 5,000 species of frogs, 5,000 species of mammals, and a yet unknown number of fish, produce a multitude of sounds, ranging from clicks and grunts, howls and whistles, the precise and rapid modulations of sound amplitude and frequency in echolocation signals, to complex, learned languages.
Sound production and perception involves complex interactions between sensory systems, musculoskeletal dynamics and the brain, which can result in behaviors of both dazzling complexity and simple elegance.
These sessions will include world-leading researchers presenting on the state of the art and the future of the field. Recent advances will be illustrated by some of the most successful experimental animal models used to better understand the neural basis and biomechanics of sound communication.
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