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Practical Issues in Studying Natural Vibroscape and Biotic Noise

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Biotremology: Studying Vibrational Behavior

Part of the book series: Animal Signals and Communication ((ANISIGCOM,volume 6))

Abstract

In nature, vibrational communication takes place in an ecological context and in a complex vibrational environment that can be a major driver of evolution. Vibroscape is a collection of biological, geophysical and anthropogenic vibrations emanating from a given landscape to create unique vibrational patterns across a variety of spatial and temporal scales. Here, we discuss basic concepts and propose some basic terminology in this field of research. Vibroscape is virtually unexplored so far and we also provide some guidelines on how to approach fieldwork associated with vibroscape studies, as well as analyses of recordings obtained in the field. Vibroscape research is still facing technical challenges; however, we urge further studies in this area in order to provide much needed information on natural vibrational communities and sources of biotic, as well as anthropogenic vibratory noise.

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Our sincere thanks go to the students Behare Rexhepi, Aljaž Kotar and Juan José López Díez who shared with us the burden of heavy equipment and long days and nights in the field, as well as long hours of listening to the recordings. The ongoing vibroscape study received financial support from the Slovenian Research Agency (research core funding no. P1-0255, research project J1-8142 and PhD fellowship awarded to RŠ).

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Šturm, R., Polajnar, J., Virant-Doberlet, M. (2019). Practical Issues in Studying Natural Vibroscape and Biotic Noise. In: Hill, P., Lakes-Harlan, R., Mazzoni, V., Narins, P., Virant-Doberlet, M., Wessel, A. (eds) Biotremology: Studying Vibrational Behavior . Animal Signals and Communication, vol 6. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22293-2_8

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