Sound functions as an ecological resource organisms track for survival

Evidence

The sonic component of the environment can be consider a resource, and according to the general theory of resources the sonic component represents a specific resource necessary to organisms to survive. For instance, a male frog calling is for a female a mating resource indispensable for concluding the reproductive process. Soundtopes represent sonic eco-fields necessary to track specific resources such as mating or foraging. — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology, 248

Categorization

• XREF: Sounds-as-resources framework relates to economic/institutional theory the reader has studied and to conservation-as-listening themes. — connects to: Sonic processes are subjective and require a focal species to be identified. — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology: Principles,…, 210; Sounds and sonotopes qualify as renewable resources under Farina’s resource theory. — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology: Principles,…, 208; Dawn chorus intensity signals habitat resource availability — Bernie Krause and Almo Farina, Using Ecoacoustic Methods to Survey the…, 57 (+10 more)

Broader Connections

• Animals listen completely to their environment because listening is survival #exemplifies (0.85) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 90
• Animal long-distance calls evolve to match habitat acoustics #exemplifies (0.78) — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology, 409
• Habitat-specific ambient noise can drive the evolution of animal signals #expands (0.75) — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology, 336
• Organisms adapt to natural noise but suffer stress from anthropogenic noise #expands (0.72) — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology, 1275
• Hearing serves both environmental orientation and communication since early animal evolution #corroborates (0.72) — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 64
• Sensory efficiency has driven animal evolution and survival #expands (0.72) — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 63