On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 03:25:39PM +0930, Angela McGuire wrote:
> Could you please tell me what acoustic communication conference this was? I am
> studying a bird that duets and therefore would like to know more about it if
> you don't mind. Much appreciated.
This was the conference
http://oregonstate.edu/conferences/animalcommunication2008/index.html
It was very diverse and I think Peter Slater's keynote was the only talk
on duetting.
A couple of things of maybe general to the list, after hearing Peter,
high on my to-do list is getting to Eucador for the amazing group duets
of the Plain-tailed Wren:
http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s1463185.htm
My favourite talk was on ultrasonic vocalizations in wild deer-mice -
a study involving trapping, radio tracking, an array of ultrasonic
recorders and a thermal camera. But the cutest thing was an aside,
a thermal camera video of a mountain lion walking through their study
site complete with glowing footprints. You can see video here:
http://www.uncg.edu/~mckalcou/pictures.html
Andrew
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