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Information is a core concept in animal communication: individuals routinely produce, acquire, process and store information, which provides the basis for their social life. This book focuses on how animal acoustic signals code information and how this coding can be shaped by various environmental and social constraints. Taking birds and mammals, including humans, as models, the authors explore such topics as communication strategies for “public” and “private” signaling, static and dynamic signaling, the diversity of coded information and the way information is decoded by the receiver. The book appeals to a wide audience, ranging from bioacousticians, ethologists and ecologists to evolutionary biologists. Intended for students and researchers alike, it promotes the idea that Shannon and Weaver’s Mathematical Theory of Communication still represents a strong framework for understanding all aspects of the communication process, including its dynamic dimensions.

Behavioral sciences. --- Evolutionary biology. --- Acoustics. --- Vertebrates. --- Coding theory. --- Information theory. --- Communication. --- Behavioral Sciences. --- Evolutionary Biology. --- Coding and Information Theory. --- Communication Studies. --- Communication, Primitive --- Mass communication --- Sociology --- Communication theory --- Communication --- Cybernetics --- Data compression (Telecommunication) --- Digital electronics --- Information theory --- Machine theory --- Signal theory (Telecommunication) --- Computer programming --- Vertebrata --- Chordata --- Animal evolution --- Animals --- Biological evolution --- Darwinism --- Evolutionary biology --- Evolutionary science --- Origin of species --- Biology --- Evolution --- Biological fitness --- Homoplasy --- Natural selection --- Phylogeny --- Animal communication. --- Animal biocommunication --- Animal language --- Biocommunication, Animal --- Language learning by animals --- Animal behavior --- Comunicació animal --- Sons dels animals --- Vertebrats --- Cordats --- Àgnats --- Amfibis --- Mamífers --- Ocells --- Osteïctis --- Peixos --- Rèptils --- Llenguatge dels animals --- So animal --- Sons animals --- Sorolls dels animals --- Producció de sons pels animals --- Sons de la natura --- Cants dels ocells --- Comunicació entre els animals --- Zoosemiòtica --- Etologia --- Comunicació amb els animals --- Feromones --- Evolution (Biology)