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bioacoustics

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bi·o·a·cous·tics (b--kstks)
n.
The study of sounds produced by or affecting living organisms, especially those sounds involved in communication.
bioacoustics
the science dealing with the communicating sounds made by animals.


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Currently, the database contains such institutionally based collections as dolphin embryo digitized slides from the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine; forestry photos from Ohio State University; geology photos from Oberlin College; reproductive physiology animations from the University of Cincinnati; digital animal sounds (for example, thousands of identifying bird songs) from the Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics at Ohio State University; and others.
More bang for the buck: increasing the effectiveness of library ... by Sanville, Tom / Library Trends
Ornithologist Douglas Nelson, the director of the recordings collections at the Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics at Ohio State University in Columbus, relies on recorded sounds for his studies of dialects in white-crowned sparrows.
Save our sounds: in some libraries, noise is good by Milius, Susan / Science News
Bioacoustics, the field encompassing their work, is a meld of biology, technology, music, and physics.
April Pulley Sayre Secrets of Sound: Studying the Calls and Songs of ... by Ford, Danielle J. / The Horn Book Magazine
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