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Soundscape Ecology =96 new paper heads up

Subject: Soundscape Ecology =96 new paper heads up
From: "Bernie Krause" bigchirp1
Date: Thu May 5, 2011 11:36 am ((PDT))
Thank you, Jim. Should be a new paper (more on Soundscape Ecology) in
the next edition of Landscape Ecology, co-written with colleagues from
Purdue.

Bernie


On May 5, 2011, at 11:27 AM, Jim Morgan wrote:

> Amazing observations Bernie, your studies are on the cutting edge
> and I
> congratulate you.
>
> Looking forward to your paper, I hope you will keep us updated on it.
>
> My best,
>
> Jim
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> On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 6:29 PM, Bernie Krause
> <>wrote:
>
>> Pacific tree frogs are about the size of the tip of your little
>> finger. Yet, tiny as they are, their voices have been measured at
>> 85dBA from 4.5m (15 ft.). Dominant individuals find resonant places
>> to
>> project their voices far and loudly.
>>
>> This spring, there are two around our small lap pool. The dominant
>> frog =96 as it has for the past several years =96 sets up shop in a 1 =

>> inch
>> outlet pipe at one end of the pool that it uses as a resonator. Its
>> competition has nothing but an open grass-like area about 3m (10 ft
>> away) from the main dude in which to vocalize. The open space
>> disperses its voice and it appears to be much lower in level. Rather
>> than chorusing and frequency niches, these two compete for temporal
>> niches; first one will vocalize (usually the dominant one with the
>> higher-pitched and more urgent-sounding voice), followed by a weaker
>> and lower frequency sounding second individual.
>>
>> What was not recognized before, is that they also mimic each other.
>> When the dominant voice changes, the sub-dominant individual follows.
>>
>> Here=92s the link to a short clip made about 10 days ago showing both
>> the temporal niche exchange and mimickry. We=92ll be doing a paper on
>> this observation but wanted to share it with the group, first.
>>
>> Bernie Krause
>>
>> http://soundcloud.com/wildsanctuary/pactreefrogs0411/s-T8vci
>> Recorder: H4n (internal mics), 44.1/24
>> Date/Time: 27 Apr 2011, 2023 Hrs
>> Weather: clear, calm, 50% humidity, 68F/20C
>> Location: Glen Ellen, CA, approx. 122.5W/38.4N
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>> "While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
>> sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie
>> Krause.
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>> Yahoo! Groups Links
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> "While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
> sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie
> Krause.
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> Yahoo! Groups Links
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