bioacoustics
nounEtymology From bio- + acoustics.
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A cross-disciplinary science that combines biology and acoustics, investigating for instance the mechanisms of sound production and detection.
- Scientists have used bioacoustics—a subfield of ecology that relies on sound to make environmental analyses—for studying bats from afar, dolphin communication patters and more.2024, Meghie Rodrigues, “The song of a missing bird may help scientists find it”, in Science News, page 4:
- Derived terms
- bioacoustic, bioacoustical, bioacoustician