Un sentit poc explorat en ciència? Gravacions de la natura Authors Eloïsa Matheu Abstract Animal sounds have been studied from different points of view throughout history: hunting, music sounds or just for the pleasure of listening to them. For scientists and nature lovers interest in animal sounds had also been great but a difficult problem to solve had been raised: sound is fleeting and it only remains in a good aural memory. Not until the begining of the twentieth century did scientists find the tools that have allowed them to enter into the field of animal sound communication in an effective way: thanks to technological advances, instruments as common as tape-recorders became a complete revolution because they allowed sound to be captured. Afterwards the aparition of spectrographs for the study of the voice meant a new qualitative advance. This is why the study of acustic communication of animals is a young branch of science in full development and covers so many different aspects. Sound registers represent a basic part in bioacustic studies and they are being used more and more as a work method to deal with other aspects of the biology of species. Interest in sound registers for the characterization of species has inspired many scientists to make recordings in a systematic way. Sounds of nature and sound registers can be a very useful didactic resource in the identification of animal vocalizations but also, especially when recordings reproduce environmental sounds, they can help to spread certain ecological concepts and make them more understandable. Downloads Download data is not yet available. Downloads Text complet (Català) Published 2002-06-04 Issue 51 : Comunicar ciència Section Articles License The intellectual property of the articles belongs to the respective authors. At the time of submitting the articles to Treballs de la Societat Catalana de Biologia, authors accept the following terms: — Authors assign to the SCB (a subsidiary of the Institut d’Estudis Catalans) the rights of reproduction, public communication (including communication through social networks) and distribution of the articles submitted for publication to Treballs de la Societat Catalana de Biologia, in any form and medium, including digital platforms. The Publications Committee reserves the right to accept or refuse submitted articles and the right to make any editorial changes it deems appropriate. If the suggested changes are accepted by authors, they should re-submit the article with such changes. — Authors answer to the SCB for the authorship and originality of submitted articles. In other words, authors assure that submitted articles do not contain fragments of works by other authors or fragments of their own previously published works; that the content of articles is original, and that the copyright of third parties is not infringed upon. Authors accept this responsibility and undertake to hold harmless the SCB for any loss or damage resulting from non-compliance with this obligation. Furthermore, they should include a statement in articles submitted to the journal regarding their responsibility for the content of the articles. — Authors are responsible for obtaining permission for the reproduction of all graphic material included in articles, and they should moreover ensure that images, videos, etc., have been created with the consent of the individuals appearing in them, and that material belonging to third parties is clearly identified and acknowledged as such within the text. Likewise, authors should provide the respective consents and authorisations to the SCB when submitting articles. — The SCB is exempt from any liability arising from the possible infringement of intellectual property rights by authors. In all cases, it undertakes to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies, if necessary. — Unless otherwise stated in the text or in the graphic material, the contents published in the journal are subject to an Attribution - NonCommercial - NoDerivs 3.0 Spain (by-nc-nd) license from Creative Commons, the full text of which may be consulted at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/deed.en. Therefore, the general public is authorised to reproduce, distribute and communicate articles as long as their authorship and publishing entity are acknowledged, and no commercial use is made of them nor derivative work produced from them. — The journal is not responsible for the ideas and opinions expressed by the authors of published articles.
