ArticleBehavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology2013
Green symphonies: a call for studies on acoustic communication in plants.
Article in Behavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.
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- Listening forward: emerging roles of bioacoustics in ecology, evolution, and conservation.Biologia futura · 2026Review
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- Symphonies of Growth: Unveiling the Impact of Sound Waves on Plant Physiology and Productivity.Biology · 2024Review
- Evidence for the role of sound on the growth and signal response in duckweed.Plant signaling & behavior · 2023Article
- The Electrome of a Parasitic Plant in a Putative State of Attention Increases the Energy of Low Band Frequency Waves: A Comparative Study with Neural Systems.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Stress-Induced Volatile Emissions and Signalling in Inter-Plant Communication.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Is There a Role for Sound in Plants?Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Ultrasound Pulse Emission Spectroscopy Method to Characterize Xylem Conduits in Plant Stems.Research (Washington, D.C.) · 2022Article
- Application of naturally occurring mechanical forces inPlant signaling & behavior · 2021Review
- Demonstration of laser biospeckle method for speedy in vivo evaluation of plant-sound interactions with arugula.PloS one · 2021Article
- Mining sequences with similarity toPlant signaling & behavior · 2020Article
- Effects of hydric stress on vibrational frequency patterns ofPlant signaling & behavior · 2020Article
- Chemical Responses of Nicotiana tabacum (Solanaceae) Induced by Vibrational Signals of a Generalist Herbivore.Journal of chemical ecology · 2019Article
- mRNA transcription profile of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) exposed to ultrasound during different stages of in vitro plantlet development.Plant molecular biology · 2019Article
- Root Tropisms: Investigations on Earth and in Space to Unravel Plant Growth Direction.Frontiers in plant science · 2019Review
- Exploring the sound-modulated delay in tomato ripening through expression analysis of coding and non-coding RNAs.Annals of botany · 2018Article
- The basic roles of indoor plants in human health and comfort.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2018Review
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Abstract
Sound and its use in communication have significantly contributed to shaping the ecology, evolution, behavior, and ultimately the success of many animal species. Yet, the ability to use sound is not a prerogative of animals. Plants may also use sound, but we have been unable to effectively research what the ecological and evolutionary implications might be in a plant's life. Why should plants emit and receive sound and is there information contained in those sounds? I hypothesize that it would be particularly advantageous for plants to learn about the surrounding environment using sound, as acoustic signals propagate rapidly and with minimal energetic or fitness costs. In fact, both emission and detection of sound may have adaptive value in plants by affecting responses in other organisms, plants, and animals alike. The systematic exploration of the functional, ecological, and evolutionary significance of sound in the life of plants is expected to prompt a reinterpretation of our understanding of these organisms and galvanize the emergence of novel concepts and perspectives on their communicative complexity.
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