InhaltsangabePart I. Studying vibrational communication - Ideas, Concepts and History (1) Rex Cocroft, Matija Gogala, Peggy Hill, Andreas WesselFostering research progress in a rapidly growing field (2) Peggy HillStretching the paradigm or building anew? Development of a cohesive language for vibrational communication (3) Matija GogalaSound or vibration, an old question in insect communication (4) Andreas WesselHildegard Strübing - a pioneer in vibrational communication research (5) Hildegard StrübingSound production - the crucial factor for mate finding in planthoppers (Homoptera - Auchenorrhyncha) (Preliminary communication), 1958[English translation of Lautäußerung - der entscheidende Faktor für das Zusammenfinden der Geschlechter bei Kleinzikaden (1958)] Part II. The state of the field: concepts and frontiers in vibrational communication (6) Michael S. CaldwellInteractions between airborne sound and substrate vibration in animal communication (7) Meta Virant-Doberlet, Valerio Mazzoni, Maarten de Groot, Jernej Polajnar, Andrea Lucchi, William O.C. Symondson, Andrej CoklVibrational communication networks: eavesdropping and biotic noise (8) Valerio Mazzoni, Anna Eriksson, Gianfranco Anfora, Andrea Lucchi, Meta Virant-Doberlet Active space and the role of amplitude in plant-borne vibrational communication (9) Rafael L. Rodriguez, Flavia BarbosaMutual behavioral adjustment in vibrational duetting (10) Andrej Cokl, Maja Zorovic, Alenka Zunic Kosi, Natasa Stritih, Meta Virant-Doberlet Communication through plants in a narrow frequency window Part III. Practical issues in studying vibrational communication (11) Axel MichelsenPhysical aspects of vibrational communication (12) Damian O. Elias, Andrew C. MasonThe role of wave and substrate heterogeneity in vibratory communication: Practical issues in studying the role of vibratory environments in communication (13) Reginald B. Cocroft, Jennifer A. Hamel, Quang Su, Jeremy S. GibsonVibrational playback experiments: challenges and solutions Part IV. Vibration detection and orientation (14) Reinhard Lakes-Harlan, Johannes StraußFunctional morphology and evolutionary diversity of vibration receptors in insects (15) Jonathan Voise, Jérôme CasasEcholocation in whirligig beetles using surface waves: an unsubstantiated conjecture (16) Dusan DevetakSand-borne vibrations in prey detection and orientation of antlions Part V. Biology and evolution of vibrational communication in some well-studied taxa (17) Axel MichelsenMechanical signals in honeybee communication (18) Michael Hrncir, Friedrich G.Barth Vibratory communication in stingless bees (Meliponini). The challenge of interpreting the signals (19) Natasa Stritih, Andrej CoklThe role of frequency in vibrational communication of Orthoptera (20) Andreas Wessel, Roland Mühlethaler, Viktor Hartung, Valerija Kustor, Matija GogalaThe tymbal - Evolution of a complex vibration-producing organ in the Tymbalia (Hemiptera excl. Sternorrhyncha)