Biocommunication (science)

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Not to be confused with Biocommunication (paranormal) .

In the study of the biological sciences the general term Biocommunication is used to describe more specific types of communication within or between species of plants, animals, fungi and bacteria[1]. Communication means sign-medited interactions following syntactic, pragmatic and semantic rules. Signs in most cases are chemical molecules (semiochemicals). Biocommunication of animals may include mechanisms as vocalizations (as between competing bird species), pheromone production (as between various species of insects),[2]chemical signals between plants and animals (as in tannin production used by vascular plants to warn away insects), and chemically mediated communication between plants.[3] [4]

[edit] Biocommunication and Linguistics

In the study of linguistics, abstract biocommunication theory may be considered to be a form of biosemiotics, and a subdiscipline of semiotic theory. Accordingly, syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic aspect of biocommunication processes are distinguished.[5] Biocommunication specific to animals (animal communication) is considered a branch of zoosemiotics.[6] The semiotic study of molecular genetics, can be considered a study of biocommunication at its most basic level. [7]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Witzany, G. (2007) The Logos of the Bios 2. Bio-communication. Helsinki, Umweb
  2. ^ Ananthakrishnan, T (1998). Biocommunication in Insects. Science Publishers Inc, 104. ISBN: 1578080312. 
  3. ^ Taiz, Lincoln; Eduardo Zeiger (2002). Plant Physiology Online (HTTP). a companion to Plant Physiology, Third Edition. Sinauer Associates. Retrieved on 2006-12-26.
  4. ^ Farmer, EE; CA Ryan (1990). "Interplant Communication: Airborne Methyl Jasmonate Induces Synthesis of Proteinase Inhibitors in Plant Leaves". Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 87 (19): 7713–7716. National Academy of Sciences USA. doi:10.1073/pnas.87.19.7713. 
  5. ^ Tembrock, Günter 1971. Biokommunikation: Informationsübertragung im biologischen Bereich. Berlin: Akademie-Verlag.
  6. ^ Sebeok, Thomas (ed.) 1977. How Animals Communicate. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
  7. ^ Emmeche, Claus; Jesper Hoffmeyer (1991). From Language to Nature - the semiotic metaphor in biology (HTML). Semiotica 84 (1/2): 1-42, 1991. Retrieved on 2006-12-31.

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