title: Auditory communication, meteorology, and the Umwelt.
abstract: Animal communication is affected by a multitude of environmental factors including meteorological conditions, ground reflection, turbulence, and vegetative attenuation. Evolutionary and behavioral adaptations by animals to these challenges include elephant use of infrasound optimized for long-distance propagation. These adaptations in turn influence the perceptual sphere, or Umwelt, of calling animals.
authors.affiliation: dlarom@qualcomm.com
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Larom
mesh_terms: D000819:Animal Communication; D000818:Animals; D001307:Auditory Perception; D005075:Biological Evolution; D004606:Elephants / Q000523:psychology*; D004777:Environment; D008685:Meteorological Concepts; D009276:Namibia; D011571:Psychoacoustics; D013018:Sound Spectrography; D014828:Vocalization, Animal