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Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway
Norwegian Institute for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Tromsø, Norway
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

University of Jyväskylä, Finland

Lund University, Sweden
Swedish Association for Hunting and Wildlife Management, Sweden
Uppsala University, Sweden

Bath Spa University, Bath, Great Britain
Bolton Institute, Bolton, Great Britain
Cardiff University, Great Britain
Cornwall College, Cornwall, Great Britain
Fisheries Research Services, Aberdeen, Great Britain
Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Banchory, Great Britain
Jesus College, Oxford, Great Britain
Kings College, London, Great Britain
Liverpool John Moores University, Great Britain
Neotropical Bird Club, Northamptonshire, Great Britain
Oxford Brookes University, Great Britain
Queen’s University Belfast, N Ireland, Great Britain
Pfizer Limited, Sandwich, Great Britain
SAMS Research Services Ltd., Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory, Argyll, Great Britain
St. Cuthbert Mayne Schhol, Torquay, Great Britain
The Bat Conservation Trust, Great Britain
The British Library, National Sound Archive, Great Britain
The Game Conservancy Trust, Great Britain
The Open University, Great Britain
The Scottish Association for Marine Science, Argyll, Great Britain
University of Aberdeen, Great Britain
University of Bradford, Great Britain
University of Bristol, Great Britain
University of Cambridge, Great Britain
University of Edinburgh, Great Britain
UNiversity of Glasgow, Great Britain
University of Greenwich, Great Britain
University of Liverpool, Great Britain
University of London, Great Britain
University of Manchaster, Great Britain
University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, Great Britain
University of Nottingham, Great Britain
University of Oxford, Great Britain
University of Plymouth, Great Britain
University of Sheffield, Great Britain
University of St Andrews, Great Britain
University of Sunderland, Great Britain
University of Wales Aberystwyth, Great Britain
Wiltshire College, Great Britain
Writtle College, Great Britain

Biospheric Engineering Ltd., Ireland

Faroese Fisheries Laboratory, Torshavn, Denmark
Odense University, Denmark
University of Aarhus, Denmark
University of Copenhagen, Institute of Biology, Denmark
University of Copenhagen, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology / H. Lundbeck A/S, Denmark

Daugavpils Universitate, Latvia

CNRS, Laboratorie D'Ecologie Generale, Brunoy, France
CREMA L'Houmeau, France
Federation Departementale des Chasseurs du Loir et Cher, Vineuil Cedex, France
I.N.R.A. Station de Recherche sur la Viande, France
I.N.R.A. Université de Tours, Nouzilly, France
Institut Pasteur, Paris
Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle Entomolgie, Paris, France
Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle Evolution et Mechanisme des Ecosystemes, Bruoy, France
Sanofi-Aventis, Bagneux, France
Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Villeurbanne Cedex, France
University of Angers, France
University of Caen, France
University of Paris X, France
University of Paris 13, Villetaneuse, France
University of Paris Sud, Orsay, France
University of Rennes, France
University of Saint-Etienne, France
University of Tours, France

Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Heteren, The Netherlands
Rijks University Leiden, The Netherlands
SEAMARCO, Harderwijk, The Netherlands
University of Groningen, The Netherlands
University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
University of Wageningen, The Netherlands

University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium
University of Liege, Liege, Belgium

Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany
Biologische Bundesanstalt, Institut für Nematologie und Wirbeltierkunde, Münster, Germany
Bodensee Nature Museum, Konstanz, Germany
Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, Germany
Deutsches Meeresmuseum, Stralsund, Germany
Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Friedrich Schiller University, Institute of Ecology, Jena, Germany
German Institute for Primate Research, Hannover, Germany
GKSS Forschungszentrum Geesthacht, Germany
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
Humboldt University Berlin, Germany
Institute for Neurobiology, Münster, Germany
Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany
Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany
Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Germany
Landesbund für Vogelschutz in Bayern e.V. (LBV), Hilpoltstein, Germany
Max Planck Institute for Behavioural Physiology, Germany
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropolgy, Leipzig, Germany
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Ploen, Germany
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
NABU Schleswig-Holstein, Bat Protection Program, Germany
Nationalparkhaus Norderney, Germany
Ökokart GbR, Munich, Germany
Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany
Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
Natural History Museum Stuttgart, Germany
Research Institute for the Biology of Farm Animals, Dummerstorf, Germany
Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg, Germany
University Hospital Tübingen, Germany
University of Applied Sciences, Neubrandenburg, Germany
University of Bielefeld, Germany
University of Colon, Germany
University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
University of Essen, Germany
University of Göttingen, Germany
University of Halle, Germany
University of Hamburg, Germany
University of Heidelberg, Germany
University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
University of Kiel, Germany
University of Munich, Germany
University of Osnabrück, Germany
University of Potsdam, Germany
University of Rostock, Germany
University of Ulm, Germany
University of Wuerzburg, Germany
Veterinary College Hannover, Germany
Vogelwarte Helgoland, Germany
Wildlife Park Nossenthiner/Schwinzer Heide, Karow, Germany
Zoological Institute Bonn, Germany

Akademia Rolnicza Lublin, Poland
Forest Research Institute, Warszaw, Poland
Institut of Nature Conservation, Krakow, Poland
Museum and Institute of Zoology, Warszaw, Poland
Polish Academy of Science, Lomianki, Poland
Mammal Research Institute, Bialowieza, Poland
Pro Natura, Polish Society of Wildlife Friends, Poland
University Adama Mickiewicza, Poznan, Poland
Wroclaw University, Poland

Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Brno, Czech Republic
Palacky University, Olomouc, CzechRepublic
South University of Bohemia, Czech Republic
Universita Karlova v Praze, Czech Republik

Hungarian Natural History Museum, Hungary, Budapest

University of Maribor, Slovenia

State Nature Conservation Centre, Tallin, Estonia
University of Tartu, Estonia

Darwin Museum, Moscow, Russia
Moscow University, Russia
Moscow Zoo, Russia
University of St. Petersburg, Russia

Federal Office & Research Centre for Forests, Vienna, Austria
Karl-Franzens-University Graz, Institute for Zoology, Austria
Konrad-Lorenz Institute for Comparative Behavioural Physiology, Vienna, Austria
Wildnisgebiet Dürrenstein, Scheibbs, Austria
Institute for Zoology, Vienna, Austria
University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
Zoo Schönbrunn, Austria

Novartis Forschungsstiftung FMI, Basel, Switzerland
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH, Switzerland
University of Lausanne, Switzerland
University of Zürich-Irchel, Switzerland

Istituto di Neurobiologia e Medicina Molecolare, Roma, Italy
Istituto Superiore di Santita, Roma, Italy
Natural Museum Vicenza, Italy
Parco Monte Barro, Italy
Riserva Marina di Miramare, Trieste, Italy
University of Bari, Italy
University of Cagliari, Italy
University of Napoli, Italy
University of Padova, Italy
University of Palermo, Italy
University of Parma, Italy
University of Pavia, Italy
University of Pisa, Italy
University of Rom, Italy
University of Turin, Italy
University of Urbino, Italy
University of Venice, Italy

Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, Spain
University of Alcala, Spain
University of Barcelona, Spain
University of Castilla la Mancha, Spain
University of Cordoba, Spain
University of Madrid, Spain
University of Murcia, Spain
University of Salamanca, Spain
Zoology Museum of Barcelona, Spain

Institute for Nature Conservation, Lisboa, Portugal
Institute of Agronomy, Forestry Department, Lisboa, Portugal
University of Coimbra, Portugal
University of Lisboa, Portugal
University of Porto, Portugal

New Athens International Airport S.A., Athens, Greece

Harran University, Sanliurfa, Turkey

Asia


Children for the protection of nature in Palestine (CPNP), Israel
Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

The Royal Society For The Conservation of Nature, Jordan

Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman

Endemic Species Research Institute, Taiwan
National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
National Sun Yat-sen University, Institute of Marine Biology, Taiwan
National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
Taipei City Zoo / Fu Zen University, Taiwan
Tekfar Science Co. Ltd., Taichung, Taiwan

National University of Singapore, Tropical Marine Science Institute, Singapore

Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Zoology, Beijing, China
National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China
Qinghai University, Xining, China

SAMSUNG Electronics Co., LTD., Korea
Solitronix Inc., Seoul, South Korea

Guru Nanak College, G.S.Gill Research Institute, Chennai, India
Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar, India
North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India
Wildlife Institute of India, Uttrachal, India

Chiang Mai University, Thailand
Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Universiti Teknologi Mara, Selangor, Malaysia

Universiti Brunei Darussalam

Akan International Crane Center, Japan
ATR Human Information Science Laboratories, Kyoto, Japan
Azabu University, Japan
Chiba University, Japan
CNS Research Unit Eisai Co. Ltd., Japan
Dokkyo University, Japan
Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan
Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan
Hokkaido College, Senshu University, Japan
Hokkaido University, Graduate School of Fisheries, Japan
Hokkaido University, Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Sapporo, Japan
Japan Women's University, Japan
Keio University, Japan
Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan
Kyushu University, Japan
Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan
National Institute of Genetics, Shizuoka, Japan
National Institute of Neuroscience, Tokyo, Japan
Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Japan
Okinawa University, Japan
Osaka University, Graduate School of Engineering, Japan
Primate Research Institute, Aichi-ken, Japan
Public Works Research Institute, Japan
RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama, Japan
Saga University, Faculty of Agriculture, Saga, Japan
Teikyo University of Science and Technology, Yamanshi, Japan
The Graduate University of Advanced Studies, Kanagawa, Japan
Tokay University, Dept. of Fisheries, Shizouka, Japan
Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan
University of Tokyo, Graduate school of Arts and Science, Japan
Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

Africa


Golder Associates Africa (Pty) Ltd., Johannesburg, South Africa
Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa
University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
University of Natal, Durban, South Africa
University of Natal, Scottsville, South Africa
National Museums of Kenya, Natural History Division, Mammalogy Department, Kenya
Nocturnal Primate Research Group, Kenya

University La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain

Agricultural Research Station, Reunion, France

Americas


Brock University, St. Catharines, Canada
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
EchoTrack, Vancouver, Canada
Hatch Energy, Niagara Falls, Canada
Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
McGill University, Montreal, Canada
McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
M.K. Ince and Associates Ltd. Wind Energy Engineering, Canada
Ministry of Natural Resources, Thunder Bay, Canada
Natural Resource Solutions Inc., Waterloo, Canada
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, South Porcupine, Canada
Queen's University, Ontario, Canada
St. Mary's College, Calgary, Canada
University of British Columbia, Pacific Biological Station, Canada
University of Manitoba, Canada
University of Northern British Columbia, Canada
University of Toronto, Canada
University of Western Ontario, Canada
University of Windsor, Canada
West Coast Whale Research Foundation, Canada
York University, Ontario, Canada

Alboin College, Michigan, USA
Albright College, Reading, USA
Arcadia University, Glensride, USA
Auburn University, Alabama, USA
Augustana College, Illinois, USA
Austin Peay State University, Tennessee, USA
Binghamton University, USA
Bishop Museum, Honolulu, USA
Boston University, Marine Program, USA
Bowling Green State University, USA
Brown University, Providence, USA
Bristol-Myers Squibb, Wallingford, USA
Burnham Institute for Medical Research, La Jolla, USA
Butler University, Indianapolis, USA,
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
California State University, Carson, USA
Center for Tropical Research, San Francisco, USA
Clark University, Worchester, USA
Conservation and Research Center, Front Royal, USA
Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Ithaca, USA
Cornell University, Ithaca, USA
Delaware Museum of Natural History, USA
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, USA
East Carolina University, Greenville, USA
Emory University, Atlanta, USA
Florida State University, Talahassee, USA
Florida International University, Miami, USA
Georgetown University, Washington, USA
Hood College, Frederick, USA
GlaxoSmithKline, Durham, USA
Harward University, Children’s Hospital, Boston, USA
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, USA
Humboldt State University, Arcata, USA
Indiana University, Bloomington, USA
Lawrence University, Appleton, USA
LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, USA
Marine Mammal Research, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA
Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, USA
Merck & Co., Inc., Linden, USA
Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA
Mirage Hotel, Las Vegas, USA
Montclair State University, USA
National Aquarium in Baltimore, USA
National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, USA
Navmar Applied Sciences Corporation, Lexington Park, USA
Northeastern University, Boston, USA
Northern Kentucky University, USA
Ohio State University, USA
Pacific Biodiversity Institute, USA
Pacific Lutherian University, Tacoma, USA
Penn State University, Hershey, USA
Princeton University, USA
Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA
Rhodes College, Memphis, USA
RTI International, Research Triangle Park, USA
Rutgers University, USA
San Francisco State University, USA
Scared Heart University, Fairfield, USA
Scripps Institution of Oceanography - MPL, La Jolla, USA
Sonitrol Corporation, USA
St. Joseph's Hospital & Medical Center, Phoenix, USA
St. Mary's College of Maryland, USA
State of Wisconsin, Dept. of Natural Recources, Endangered Recources, Madison, USA
State University of New York, College at Oneonta, USA
Texas A&M University, College Station, USA
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, USA
The Rockefeller University, USA
University at Buffalo, USA
University of California, Davis, USA
University of California, Los Angeles, USA
University of California, Riverside, USA
University of California, San Diego, USA
University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA
University of Cincinnati, USA
University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
University of Hawaii, Honolulu, USA
University of Idaho, Moscow, USA
University of Kentucky, USA
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA
University of Maryland at College Park, USA
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
University of Minnesota, Duluth, USA
University of Minnesota, St. Paul, USA
University of Montana, USA
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA
University of New York, USA
University of North Carolina, USA
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA
University of North Carolina at Wilmington, USA
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
University of Pittsburgh, USA
University of Rochester, USA
University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA
University of South Florida, Sarasota, USA
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA
University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, USA
U.S. Forest Service, Pineville, USA
Walt Disney World Company, Disney's Animal Kingdom, Lake Buena Vista, USA
Washington State University, Pullman, USA
Wake Forest University, Winson-Salem, USA
Wesleyan University, Middletown, USA
West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA
Yeshiva University, Albert Einstein College of Medicin, Bronx, USA

University of Mexico, Mexico
Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Morelos, Cuernavaca, Mexico
Universidad de Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Universidad de La Habana, Cuba

University of Panama, Panama
Smithsonian Tropical Research Inst., Panama

University of the Cauca, Popayan Cauca, Colombia

Universidad Central de Venezuela, Instituto de Biologia Experimental, Venezuela

INIBICO, Tarapoto, Peru

Centro de Estudios en Biología Teórica y Aplicada, Cochabamba, Bolivia

Federal University of Bahia, Brazil
Universidade Estadual Paulista, Jaboticabal
Universidade Federal do Para-UFPA, Belem, Brazil
University of Joinville, Brazil
University of Londrina, Brazil
University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil
University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

University of Montevideo, Uruguay
Universidad de la Republica, Seccion Entomologia, Montevideo, Uruguay

CICYTTP, Conicet, Diamante, Argentina

Australia / New Zealand


Aeronautical & Maritime Research Lab Pyrmont, Australia
CSIRO, Tropical Forest Research Centre Atherton, Australia
James Cook University of North Queensland, Australia
Macquarie University, Australia
South Australian Museum, Australia
The University of Queensland, Australia
University of Adelaide, Australia
University of Ballarat, Australia
University of Newcastle, Australia
University of New England, Armidale, Australia

University of Auckland, New Zealand
University of Waikato, New Zealand
University of Wellington, New Zealand




Links to some online reports on scientific studies that used Avisoft-SASLab, RECORDER or UltraSoundGate



Post-transcriptional regulation of zenk expression associated with zebra finch vocal development
Osceola Whitney, Ken Soderstrom, Frank Johnson

Male great tits eavesdrop on simulated male-to-male vocal interactions
T.M. Peake, A.M.R. Terry, P.K. McGregor and T. Dabelsteen

A novel song parameter correlates with extra-pair paternity and reflects male longevity
Wolfgang Forstmeier, Bart Kempenaers, Axel Meyer and Bernd Leisler

Geographic diversification in the call repertoire of the genus Pyrrhocorax (Aves, Corvidae)
Paola Laiolo, Antonio Rolando, Anne Delestrade and Augusto De Sanctis

Passive Acoustic Field Research on Atlantic Cod, Gadus morhua L. in Canada
Susan B. Fudge and George A. Rose

Geographic Variation in Songs of House Wrens in Michigan
Katherine Niesen and Rebecca Puszcz

Vocal changes in animals during disorders
Tobias Riede

Song Sharing in Neighboring and Non-Neighboring Thrush Nightingales (Luscinia luscinia) and its Implications for Communication
Benjamin Grießmann & Marc Naguib

Three acoustic forms of Allen's galagos (Primates; Galagonidae) in the Central African region
Lesley Ambrose

Vocal identification of individual African Wood Owls Strix woodfordii: a technique to monitor long-term adult turnover and residency
WAYNE DELPORT, ALAN C. KEMP & J. WILLEM H. FERGUSON

Population ecology of the pipistrelle bat (Pipistrellus pipistrellus Schreber, 1774): the significance of the year-round use of hibernacula for life histories
Thomas Sendor

Responses to playback of whistle songs and normal songs in male nightingales: effects of song category, whistle pitch, and distance
Marc Naguib, Roger Mundry, Henrike Hultsch, Dietmar Todt

Slow NMDA-EPSCs at synapses critical for song development are not required for song learning in zebra finches
Livingston FS, White SA, Mooney R.

When a bird is tired from singing: a study of drift during the dawn chorus
Angelika Poesel & Bart Kempenaers

Ranging of songs with the song type on use of different cues in Carolina wrens: effects of familiarity
Marc Naguib

Possibilities for error during communication by neotropical frogs in a complex acoustic environment
Lori Wollerman, R. Haven Wiley

VARIATION IN THE INTERMITTENT BUZZING SONGS OF MALE MEDFLIES (DIPTERA: TEPHRITIDAE) ASSOCIATED WITH GEOGRAPHY, MASS-REARING, AND COURTSHIP SUCCESS
R. D. B RICEÑO, W. G. E BERHARD , J. C. V ILARDI, P. L IEDO, T. E. S HELLY

Male vocalization and female choice in the hybridogenetic Rana lessonae/Rana esculenta complex
MARZIA ROESLI & HEINZ-ULRICH REYER

Auditory–visual stimulus pairing enhances perceptual learning in a songbird
HENRIKE HULTSCH, FRIEDERIKE SCHLEUSS & DIETMAR TODT

Androgens Modulate NMDA Receptor-Mediated EPSCs in the Zebra Finch Song System
Stephanie A. White, Frederick S. Livingston, and Richard Mooney

The Role of Auditory Experience in the Formation of Neural Circuits Underlying Vocal Learning in Zebra Finches
Soumya Iyengar and Sarah W. Bottjer

Long-time storage of song types in birds: evidence from interactive playbacks
Nicole Geberzahn and Henrike Hultsch

Repertoire size, song types and temporal pattern of song switching in a population of Ortolan Bunting from western Poland
T.S. Osiejuk

The Effect of Proximity on the Sharing of Vocal Mimicry in the Spotted Bowerbird, Chlamydera maculata
Nina Rzechorzek

Men’s voices and women’s choices
SARAH A. COLLINS

Sounds of a newborn African elephant (Loxodonta africana) in captivity
Angela Horwath

An Overview of the Barbary Macaque, Macaca sylvanus, Vocal Repertoire
Julia Fischer, Kurt Hammerschmidt

Coding in the song of the wren: importance of rhythmicity, syntax and element structure
JO HOLLAND, TORBEN DABELSTEEN & ANGELA LOu PEZ PARIS

On the Biology of the Greater Spotted Eagle (Aquila Clanga Pallas 1811)
Kai Graszynski, Bernhard Komischke, Bernd-Ulrich Meyburg

Modeling vibration and sound production in insects with nonresonant stridulatory organs
Gunther Tschuch, Denis J. Brothers

Character convergence in advertisement call and mate choice in two genetically distinct water frog hybridogenetic lineages (Rana kl esculenta, Rana kl gra®)
T. LODEÂ

The Use of Passive Acoustics to Identify a Haddock Spawning Area
Anthony D Hawkins

Song and the song control pathway in the brain can develop independently of exposure to song in the sedge warbler
Stefan Leitner, Joanne Nicholson, Bernd Leisler, Timothy J. DeVoogd and Clive K. Catchpole

A conservation assessment of the bats of the Simandou Range, Guinea, with the first record of Myotis welwitschii (Gray, 1866) from West Africa
JAKOB FAHR and NJIKOHA M. EBIGBO

Effects of song overlapping and alternating on nocturnally singing nightingales
MARC NAGUIB

HABITAT-DEPENDENT SONG DIVERGENCE IN THE LITTLE GREENBUL: AN ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SELECTION PRESSURES ON ACOUSTIC SIGNALS
HANS SLABBEKOORN AND THOMAS B. SMITH

Behavioural compensation for habitat induced differences in black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) song transmission
CARMEN HOLSCHUH

Echoes of bat-pollinated bell-shaped flowers: conspicuous for nectar-feeding bats?
Dagmar v. Helversen, Marc W. Holderied and Otto v. Helversen

Males call more from wetter nests: effectsof substrate water potential on reproductive behaviours of terrestrial toadlets
Nicola J. Mitchell

Development and Adult Phase Plasticity of Syllable Repetitions in the Bird song of Captive Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata)
S. A. Helekar, G. G. Espino, A. Botas, and D. B. Rosenfield

Orca Predation Acoustic Prevention System
Alexander B. Kulinchenko, Patrick K. Simpson, Charles Treinen, and Marc Jones.

Pitch shifts and song structure indicate male quality in the dawn chorus of black-capped chickadees
Peter J. Christie, Daniel J. Mennill, Laurene M. Ratcliffe

DISCRETE VARIANTS OF EVENING GROSBEAK FLIGHT CALLS
KENDRA SEWALL, RODD KELSEY AND THOMAS P. HAHN

Song dialects on the Atlantic islands: goldcrests of the Azores (Regulus regulus azoricus, R. r. sanctae-mariae, R. r. inermis)
Martin Päckert and Jochen Martens

CHICKADEE SONG STRUCTURE IS INDIVIDUALLY DISTINCTIVE OVER LONG BROADCAST DISTANCES
PETER J. CHRISTIE, DANIEL J. MENNILL and LAURENE M. RATCLIFFE

Song Structure and Microgeographic Variation in a Population of the Grey-cheeked Fulvetta (Alcippe morrisonia) at Shoushan Nature Park, Southern Taiwan
Bao-Sen Shieh

Barking foxes, Alopex lagopus: field experiments in individual recognition in a territorial mammal
KARL-HEINZ FROMMOLT, MIKHAIL E. GOLTSMAN & DAVID W. MACDONALD

Acoustic signals in cicada courtship behaviour (order Hemiptera, genus Tibicina)
Jerome Sueur and Thierry Aubin

Acoustic communication in noise: regulation of call characteristics in a New World monkey
Henrik Brumm, Katrin Voss, Ireen Köllmer and Dietmar Todt

Variation in quantitative properties of song among European populations of reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) with respect to bill morphology
Giuliano Matessi, Andrea Pilastro, Guglielmo Marin

VOCAL COMMUNICATION IN THE PALE-WINGED TRUMPETER (PSOPHIA LEUCOPTERA): REPERTOIRE, CONTEXT AND FUNCTIONAL REFERENCE
Nathalie Seddon, Joseph A. Tobias, Adriana Alvarez

High-frequency calling in Eneopterinae crickets (Orthoptera, Grylloidea, Eneopteridae): adaptive radiation revealed by phylogenetic analysis
TONY ROBILLARD and LAURE DESUTTER-GRANDCOLAS

How a simple and stereotyped acoustic signal transmits individual information: the song of the White-browed Warbler Basileuterus leucoblepharus
THIERRY AUBIN, NICOLAS MATHEVON, MARIA LUISA DA SILVA, JACQUES M.E. VIELLIARD and FREDERIC SEBE

REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR AND COMMUNICATION IN BLUE-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS
MILLICENT SIGLER FICKEN, KATHRYN M. RUSCH, SANDRA J. TAYLOR, AND DONALD R. POWERS

IS ACOUSTIC CALLS A PREMATING REPRODUCTIVE BARRIER BETWEEN TWO NORTH-EAST ATLANTIC COD (Gadus morhua) GROUPS – A REVIEW
Jarle Tryti Nordeide and Jens Loss Finstad

Audience drives male songbird response to partner’s voice
Clementine Vignal, Nicolas Mathevon & Ste´phane Mottin

Immanuel Kant's Sparrow. An integrative approach to canary-like singing House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Lucie H. Salwiczek

DECISIONS DURING COURTSHIP BY MALE AND FEMALE MEDFLIES (DIPTERA, TEPHRITIDAE): CORRELATED CHANGES IN MALE BEHAVIOR AND FEMALE ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA IN MASS-REARED FLIES
R. D. B RICEÑO AND W. G. EBERHARD

Inflation of the esophagus and vocal tract filtering in ring doves
Tobias Riede1, Gabriël J. L. Beckers, William Blevins and Roderick A. Suthers

Two-Part Songs in House Wrens: Responses to Introductory and Terminal Song Portions in Field Playback Experiments
MICHELLE ALEO

2005 Young Naturalist Awards - The World Through a Bat's Ears
Sarah

Species-typical songs in whitecrowned sparrows tutored with only phrase pairs
Gary J. Rose, Franz Goller, Howard J. Gritton, Stephanie L. Plamondon, Alexander T. Baugh & Brenton G. Cooper

THE ORGANIZATION OF AGONISTIC VOCALIZATIONS IN RUBYTHROATED HUMMINGBIRDS WITH A COMPARISON TO BLACKCHINNED HUMMINGBIRDS
KATHRYN M. RUSCH, KEVIN THUSIUS AND MILLICENT SIGLER FICKEN

Variable Grooming Behaviours in Wild Chimpanzees
Toshisada Nishidaa, John C. Mitanib, David P. Wattsc

Interspecific synchrony in a local assemblage of anurans in Central Brazil: effects of phylogeny and reproductive patterns
Luis Mauricio Bini, José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho, Rogério Pereira Bastos, Márcia Christianne de Souza, Josana de Castro Peixoto and Thiago Fernando Lopes, Valle de Britto Rangel

Litoria gracilenta (Anura : Hylidae) and related species in New Guinea
J. I. Menzies and M. J. Tyler

Calling Song Structure and Geographic Variation in Cicada orni Linnaeus (Hemiptera: Cicadidae)
Gabriela Pinto-Juma, Paula C. Simões, Sofia G. Seabra and José A. Quartau

Effects of unilateral lesions of HVC on song patterns of male domesticated canaries
F. Halle, M. Gahr, M. Kreutzer

Sounds in Melipona costaricensis (Apidae: Meliponini): effect of sugar concentration and nectar source distance
Ingrid AGUILAR, Daniel BRICEÑO

Does bill size polymorphism affect courtship song characteristics in the African finch Pyrenestes ostrinus?
HANS SLABBEKOORN AND THOMAS B. SMITH

Foraging habitat preferences of bats in relation to food supply and spatial vegetation structures in a western European low mountain range forest
Jürgen KUSCH, Claudia WEBER, Sylvia IDELBERGER and Tobias KOOB

HOW BIRDS MEMORISE AND RETRIEVE INFORMATION ENCODED ON DIFFERENT HIERARCHY LEVELS OF SINGING
Jasmin Cirillo and Dietmar Todt

DECISIONS DURING COURTSHIP BY MALE AND FEMALE MEDFLIES (DIPTERA, TEPHRITIDAE): CORRELATED CHANGES IN MALE BEHAVIOR AND FEMALE ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA IN MASS-REARED FLIES
R. D. B RICEÑO AND W. G. E BERHARD

Systematics of Sphagnum Frogs of the Genus Philoria (Anura: Myobatrachidae) in Eastern Australia, With the Description of Two New Species
ROSS KNOWLES, MICHAEL MAHONY, JAN ARMSTRONG AND STEPHEN DONNELLAN

Vocal Repertoire of Sooty Mangabeys (Cercocebus torquatus atys) in the Tai National Park
Friederike Range & Julia Fischer

Acute injections of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in a vocal premotor nucleus reversibly disrupt adult birdsong stability and trigger syllable deletion
J. Matthew Kittelberger, Richard Mooney

Allometry of Alarm Calls: Black-capped Chickadees Encode Information about Predator Risk in their Mobbing Calls.
Christopher Templeton, Erick Greene and Kate Davis

Learning and the Development of Habitat-specific Bat Echolocation
Matthew Albert Wund

Vocal communication in adult greater horseshoe bats, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum
Jie Ma, Kohta Kobayasi, Shuyi Zhang, Walter Metzner

The tiny difference between foraging and communication buzzes uttered by the Mexican free-tailed bat, Tadarida brasiliensis
Christine Schwartz, Jedidiah Tressler, Halli Keller, Marc Vanzant, Sarah Ezell and Michael Smotherman

Use of native woodlands and traditional olive groves by foraging bats on a Mediterranean island: consequences for conservation
C. M. Davy, D. Russo, M. B. Fenton

Foraging and roosting ecology of a rare insectivorous bat species, Laephotis wintoni (Thomas, 1901), Vespertilionidae
David S. Jacobs, Robert M. R. Barclay, M. Corrie Schoeman

Ignoring the irrelevant: auditory tolerance of audible but innocuous sounds in the bat-detecting ears of moths
James H. Fullard, John M. Ratcliffe and David S. Jacobs

Echolocation calls produced by Kuhl's pipistrelles in different flight situations
O. Berger-Tal, R. Berger-Tal, C. Korine, M. W. Holderied, M. B. Fenton

Song and female choice for extrapair copulations in the sedge warbler, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Rupert C. Marshall, Katherine L. Buchanan and Clive K. Catchpole

Do Blackbirds Signal Motivation to Fight with Their Song?
Erwin A. P. Ripmeester, Anne M. de Vries & Hans Slabbekoorn

Female Mate Choice, Calling Song and Genetic Variance in the Cricket, Gryllodes sigillatus
Jocelyn Champagnon & Raúl Cueva del Castillo

Sex recognition in brown skuas: do acoustic signals matter?
Tim Janicke, Markus S. Ritz, Steffen Hahn and Hans-Ulrich Peter

Female and male serins ( Serinus serinus ) respond differently to derived song traits
Gonçalo C. Cardoso, Paulo Gama Mota and Violaine Depraz

The Genus Fejervarya (Anura: Ranidae) in Central Western Ghats, India, with Descriptions of Four New Cryptic Species
Mitsuru KURAMOTO, S. Hareesh JOSHY, Atsushi KURABAYASHI and Masayuki SUMIDA

Increase in song frequency decreases spermatophore size: correlative evidence of a macroevolutionary trade-off in katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)
DEL CASTILLO, R. C.; GWYNNE, D. T.

Referential calls signal predator behavior in a group-living bird species.
Griesser, M.

The irrelevance of individual discrimination in meerkat alarm calls
Schibler, F and Manser, M B

Echolocation calls in Central American emballonurid bats: signal design and call frequency alternation
Jung, K.; Kalko, E. K. V.; von Helversen, O.

Habitat-dependent call divergence in the common cuckoo: is it a potential signal for assortative mating?
Fuisz TI, de Kort SR.

Singing in the Rain Forest: How a Tropical Bird Song Transfers Information
Nicolas Mathevon, Thierry Aubin, Jacques Vielliard, Maria-Luisa da Silva, Frédéric Sebe, Danilo Boscol

Mutual recognition of pups and providers in the cooperatively breeding banded mongoose
Corsin A. Müller and Marta B. Manser

A shift toward harmonics for high-frequency calling shown with phylogenetic study of frequency spectra in Eneopterinae crickets (Orthoptera, Grylloidea, Eneopteridae)
Robillard, Tony; Grandcolas, Philippe; Desutter-Grandcolas, Laure

Rapid jamming avoidance in biosonar
Erin H. Gillam, Nachum Ulanovsky, Gary F. McCracken

The sensory basis of roost finding in a forest bat, Nyctalus noctula
Ireneusz Ruczynski Elisabeth K. V. Kalko and Björn M. Siemers

Model-based detection of synthetic bat echolocation calls using an energy threshold detector for initialization
Mark D. Skowronski and M. Brock Fenton

Acoustic Niches of Siberut Primates
Christina Schneider, Keith Hodges, Julia Fischer and Kurt Hammerschmidt

EFFECTS OF AMBIENT NOISE ON THE WHISTLES OF INDO-PACIFIC BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN POPULATIONS
Tadamichi Morisaka, Masanori Shinohara, Fumio Nakahara, and Tomonari Akamatsu




Neuroscience in laboratory rodents


RAT LANGUAGE: CHANGES IN ULTRASONIC CALL STRUCTURE IN RESPONSE TO PCP ADMINISTRATION
Tunstall B; Beckett SRG; Shackleton T & Mason R

Overt behavior and ultrasonic vocalization in a fear conditioning paradigm: A dose-response study in the rat
WÖHR, M., BORTA, A. & SCHWARTING, R.K.W.

Ultrasonic Sound Measurement as an Indicator of Pain and Distress in Laboratory Rodents
Wendy O. Williams

Affiliative Behavior, Ultrasonic Communication and Social Reward Are Influenced by Genetic Variation in Adolescent Mice
Jules B. Panksepp, Kimberly A. Jochman, Joseph U. Kim, Jamie J. Koy, Ellie D. Wilson, QiLiang Chen, Clarinda R. Wilson and Garet P. Lahvis

Situational factors, conditions and individual variables which can determine ultrasonic vocalizations in male adult Wistar rats
Rainer K.W. Schwarting, Nikita Jegana and Markus Wöhr

Reduced social interaction and ultrasonic communication in a mouse model of monogenic heritable autism
Stephane Jamain, Konstantin Radyushkin, Kurt Hammerschmidt, Sylvie Granon, Susann Boretius, Frederique Varoqueaux, Nelina Ramanantsoa, Jorge Gallego, Anja Ronnenberg, Dorina Winter, Jens Frahm, Julia Fischer, Thomas Bourgeron, Hannelore Ehrenreich and Nils Brose

Role of the midbrain dopaminergic system in modulation of vocal brain activation by social context
Hara, Erina; Kubikova, Lubica; Hessler, Neal A.; Jarvis, Erich

Reduced ultrasonic vocalizations in vasopressin 1b knockout mice
M.L. Scattoni, H.G. McFarlane, c, V. Zhodzishsky, H.K. Caldwell, W.S. Young, L. Ricceri and J.N. Crawley

Differential effects of ethanol and midazolam upon the devaluation of an aversive memory in infant rats.
Pautassi RM, Nizhnikov M, Molina JC, Boehm SL 2nd, Spear N.

Qualitative changes in ultrasonic vocalization in rats after unilateral dopamine depletion or haloperidol: A preliminary study
Michelle Ciucci, PhD, Teh-Sheng Ma, MS, Cynthia Fox, PhD, Jacqueline Kane, BS, Lorraine Ramig, PhD and Timothy Schallert, PhD

Ultrasonic vocalization impairment of Foxp2 (R552H) knockin mice related to speech-language disorder and abnormality of Purkinje cells
Eriko Fujita, Yuko Tanabe, Akira Shiota, Masatsugu Ueda, Kiyotaka Suwa, Mariko Y. Momoi and Takashi Momoi

Effects of low doses of atrazine on the neurobehavioural development of mice
V. Belloni, E. Alleva, F. Dessì-Fulgheri, M. Zaccaroni and D. Santucci

Neonatal Heat-Induced Convulsions Affect Behaviours in Neonatal, Juvenile and Adult Rats
Deborah Saucier, Avril Keller, Aaron Sheerin, R. Daniel LaPorte and Jerome Y. Yage

Neurobiopsychologische Analyse des Angstverhaltens im Modell der Ratte: Auswirkung serotonerger Manipulationen
Verena Ludwig

Ultrasonic Communication in Rats: Can Playback of 50-kHz Calls Induce Approach Behavior?
Markus Wöhr, Rainer K. W. Schwarting

Playback of 22-kHz and 50-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations induces differential c-fos expression in rat brain.
Sadananda M, Wöhr M, Schwarting RK.





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