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Processing of acoustic communication signals in grasshoppers

Termin: 
Mo, 15.04.2019 - 17:00 Uhr
Treffpunkt: 
Poppelsdorfer Schloss
Ort: 
Hörsaal
Veranstaltungsart: 
Vortrag
Veranstaltungsreihe: 
Biologisches/Evolutionsbiologisches Kolloquium
Zielgruppe: 
Studierende
Vortragende / Vortragender: 
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Ronacher Department Biology, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin

Grasshoppers use acoustic signals – “songs” – to identify and localize potential mating partners. Signal recognition depends on the species-specific temporal pattern of the amplitude modulations of songs and can be visualized as preference functions.

A central problem is how in evolution the match between signals and the corresponding preference function can be maintained. Different types of noise impede signal recognition, and I will discuss how these noise sources affect recognition and how their respective impacts can be quantified. I will mention a few enigmatic results and how a new Linear-Nonlinear model for signal processing can explain enigmatic results.

Finally, I will discuss a potential solution for evolutionary modifications of preference functions.

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Biologisches Kolloquium

Prof. Dr. H. Wägele
Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig,
Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn
 
Prof. Dr. G. von der Emde
Institut für Zoologie, Poppelsdorfer Schloss,
Meckenheimer Allee 169, 53115 Bonn
 
Ort: Großer Hörsaal, Poppelsdorfer Schloß
Zeit: montags, 17.15 Uhr