Vocal animal acoustic repertoires constitute social information split into public and private partitions

Evidence

Biodiversity is a well-known concept but despite its universal use remains quite difficult to quantify appropriately (Kaennel 1998; Petchey and Gaston 2002; Duelli and Obrist 2003). According to Wagner and Danchin (2010) the information that is contained in the acoustic repertoire of vocal animals can be considered a social information with two subrepartitions: public information (accessible to others) and private data (inaccessible to others). — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology, 2061

Categorization

• DEFINE: Introduces the public-information vs private-data partition for acoustic repertoire as social information.
• XREF: connects to: Anuran males split single calls into male- and female-directed portions — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology: Principles,…, 1684; Conversation sound creates overlapping intimate and public spatial dimensions — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 208

Broader Connections

• Conversation sound creates overlapping intimate and public spatial dimensions #epitomizes (0.82) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 208