Acoustic Signals of Shorebirds

Résumé du livre

This report provides a general guide to literature on shorebird acoustics and recommends research priorities. The report lists species for which sound analyses have been published or are available in reports or theses, providing references, and critically assessing the adequacy of existing analyses and coverage. The report begins with an account of the physical analysis of bird sounds; how the sounds can be described, analyzed, and prepared as illustrations for publication; and the technical adequacy of published sound analyses for shorebirds and ways to describe behaviour that accompanies sound signalling. A critical review of coverage in the taxonomic list follows. The taxonomic list is organized alphabetically by family, and by genus and species within each family.