Studying Vibrational Communication

The book "Studying Vibrational Communication" offers a comprehensive analysis of vibrational communication in animals. It highlights the fundamental concepts, questions, and methods that are crucial for understanding this often-overlooked form of communication. The authors challenge the assumption that studying this type of communication is complex and demonstrate how vibrational signaling plays a central role in the social interactions of species that live in contact with a substrate, whether on a lawn, in a babbling brook, or in the canopy of a tropical forest. This ancient and widespread form of social exchange is remarkably under-researched and presents an exciting frontier in animal behavior research, opening up numerous opportunities for discoveries and engagement with general questions of communication and social evolution. In addition to advancements in the study of various animal groups, the book also addresses topics such as communication networks, the interactions between acoustic and vibrational communication, and the development of signaling generation and reception.