U.S.-Western Europe Cooperative Research on the Communication Network of Territorial Songbirds

该奖项支持克里斯托弗·克拉克教授 康奈尔大学和一名研究生， 与两组欧洲生物学家合作， 关于鸣禽交流的研究 Clark教授 开发了一种被动声学系统 用一系列麦克风发出动物的声音。 的 系统计算每只鸟的位置 它们会在200米范围内发声 阵列的中心。 这项技术使他能够 同时跟随运动和声学 一个群落中许多不同鸟类的行为 并研究它们声音互动的细节。 他 我将把这个系统应用到两个很好的标记和研究 欧洲鸟类种群通过实地工作， 英格兰大学的彼得·麦格雷戈博士 在诺丁汉和丹麦与托本·达伯斯汀博士 来自哥本哈根大学。 这些 合作者们标记了黑鸟的种群 和其他物种，并开创了互动 具有生物学意义的回放系统。 鸟类鸣唱与领域性鸟类的鸣唱行为 都是非常复杂且知之甚少的现象。 这项研究计划引入了创新技术 这将有助于克服相关的技术问题， 研究通信网络。 结果 应该是重要的新信息 动物通过声音交流。

This award supports Professor Christopher Clark of Cornell University and a graduate student to collaborate with two groups of European biologists in a study of songbird communication. Professor Clark has developed a passive acoustic system for locating vocalizing animals using an array of microphones. The system computes the locations of individual birds which are vocalizing anywhere within 200 meters of the center of the array. This technique allows him to simultaneously follow the movements and acoustic behaviors of many different birds within a community and study the details of their vocal interactions. He will apply this system to two well marked and studied populations of European birds through field work in England with Dr. Peter McGregor of the University of Nottingham and in Denmark with Dr. Torben Dabelsteen from the University of Copenhagen. These collaborators have marked populations of blackbirds and other species, and have pioneered interactive playback systems that are biologically meaningful. Bird song and singing behavior among territorial birds are very complex and poorly understood phenomena. This research plan introduces innovative techniques that will help surmount technical problems associated with studying communication networks. The results should be significant new information about how animals communicate with their vocalizations.