Biotremology: Studying Vibrational Behavior

lt;p>Peggy S.M. Hill received her BS and MS degrees from the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, where she was broadly trained in organic and environmental biology and specifically trained in community and evolutionary ecology. She taught secondary science for 10 years before returning to the University as an Instructor. She earned her PhD from the University of Oklahoma, specializing in behavioral and physiological ecology, but most importantly began exploring vibrational behavior in molecrickets. In 2008 she published the book Vibrational Communication in Animals (Harvard U Press). She retired as a Professor of Biological Science in 2018, and continues to write and study as a Professor Emerita of the University of Tulsa.

Reinhard Lakes-Harlan received his PhD from the University of Marburg with a thesis on plasticity in the grasshopper's nervous system (Kalmring Lab). He has been a postdoc at McGill University, Montreal (Pollack Lab) and the University of Göttingen (Elsner Lab). He is currently a Professor of Sensory Physiology at the University of Giessen. His chief focus is on the physiology, ecophysiology, and evolution of mechano-sensory organs in insects. 

Valerio Mazzoni earned his PhD from the University of Pisa, Italy, where he was trained in leafhopper and planthopper taxonomy and ecology. As a postdoc, he was trained in biotremology at the National Institute of Ljubljana, where he contributed to substantial advances in the concept of biotremology as applied to arthropod pests. Currently, he is the leader of the Agricultural Entomology unit at the Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach of San Michele all'Adige, where he directs the Bioacoustics Lab. In 2016 and 2018, he was the convener of the first two editions of the International Symposium of Biotremology. 

Peter M. Narins received his B.S. and M.E.E. in Electrical Engineering and his Ph.D. in Neurobiology & Behavior from Cornell University, Ithaca. He is currently a Distinguished Professor of Neuroethology at the Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). His research explores the mechanisms underlying the evolution of sound and vibration communication in vertebrates. He has led or participated in 57 overseas research expeditions to seven continents, and is an Honorary Member of the Cuban Zoological Society and Professor Ad Honorem at the University of the Republic, Montevideo, Uruguay. 

Meta Virant-Doberlet received her PhD from the University of Ljubljana. Having initially trained as an insect neurobiologist at the Max Planck Institute for Behavioural Physiology in Seewiesen, she is now focusing her research on various aspects of arthropod vibrational communication. She has been a Marie Curie fellow at Cardiff University and is now Head of the Department of Organisms and Ecosystems Research at the National Institute of Biology in Ljubljana, where she uses leafhoppers as a model for studying interactions shaping the evolution of the vibrational communication channel. 

Andreas Wessel was trained in evolutionary and behavioral biology at the University of Vienna and Humboldt University Berlin. He currently works in Berlin, Germany, as an independent researcher and is affiliated with the Museum of Natural History as a guest scientist. His research focus is on cave planthoppers as models for vibrational communication as well as adaptation to extreme environments and rapid speciation. Furthermore, he publishes frequently on the history and philosophy of biology, and writes for various newspapers and magazines.

Part I. Studying Vibrational Behavior: Ideas, Concepts and History.- Quo Vadis, Biotremology?.-  What is Biotremology?.- Biotremology and Sensory Ecology.- Body Tremulations and their Transmission as Vibrations for Short Distance Information Transfer between Ephippiger Male and Female.- Part II. The State of the Field: Concepts and Frontiers in Vibrational Behavior.- Physical Basis of Vibrational Behaviour: Channel Properties, Noise and Excitation Signal.- Copulatory Courtship with Vibrational Signals.- Stinkbugs: Multisensory Communication with Chemical and Vibratory Signals Transmitted Through Different Media.- Part III. Practical Issues in Studying Vibrational Behavior.- Practical Issues in Studying Natural Vibroscape and Biotic Noise.- Automated Vibrational Signal Recognition and Playback.- Part IV. Vibration Detection and Orientation.- Mechanisms of Vibration Detection in Mammals.- Determining Vibroreceptor Sensitivity in Insects: The Influence of Experimental Parameters and Recording Technique.- Directionality in Insect Vibration Sensing: Behavioral Studies of Vibrational Orientation.- Part V. Biology and Evolution of Vibrational Behavior in Some Well-Studied Taxa.- Vibrational Behavior in Elephants.- Seismic Communication in the Amphibia with Special Emphases on the Anura.- Vibrational Communication in Heelwalkers (Mantophasmatodea).- Vibrational Behavior in Termites (Isoptera).- Part VI. Applied Biotremology.- Mating Disruption by Vibrational Signals: State of the Field and Perspectives.- Mating Disruption by Vibrational Signals: Applications for Management of the Glassy-winged Sharpshooter.- Can Vibrational Playback Improve Control of an Invasive Stink Bug?.- Vibrational Trapping and Interference with Mating of Diaphorina citri.- Vibrational Behavior in Bark Beetles: Applied Aspects.- Part VII. Outreach and Resources.- Shaking it up in the Classroom: Coupling Biotremology andActive Learning Pedagogy to Promote Authentic Discovery.- Call for the Establishment of a VibroLibrary at the Animal Sound Archive Berlin.- The Arachnid Orchestras: Artistic Research in Vibrational Interspecies Communication.- Bioacoustic Music Inspired by Biotremological Research.