Biotremology

Quick meaning: Biotremology is a noun meaning (biology) The study of production, dispersion, and reception of vibrations by organisms, and their effect on behavior.

Meaning

(biology) The study of production, dispersion, and reception of vibrations by organisms, and their effect on behavior.

Example Sentences

These exceptional features are further demonstrated through a second discrimination analysis of Varroa gait and that of two other invertebrate species (woodlouse and carabid beetle). […] This research provides a significant step forward in Varroa biotremology as well as remote mite detection in colonies.

More precisely biotremology studies the communication by surface-borne vibrations, detected by specialized perception organs (e.g. slit-sense organs in spiders, subgenual organs in insects, hair receptors, Pacinian and Herbst corpuscles in vertebrates) measuring the oscillations at a boundary between media.

Synonyms for biotremology

Depending on context, synonyms include tremology.

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