Animal Acoustic Communication and the Conservation of the Giant Panda(Ailuropoda melanoleuca)

Communication behavior of animals is very important for their survival. Its main features are identification (including individual identification,species identification,population identification and social class identification),breeding,alarming and so on. Visual communication,acoustic communication,chemical communication and tactile communication are the common means of communication used by the animal. Among them,the sound signal has such many good traits as long distance propagation, high speed, without leaving any traces and so on. When the visual signal does not work (at night or in jungle), the sound signal also can effectively convey information.. So, acoustic communication is widespread in animals. In recent years,the literature of animal acoustic communication research has gradually increased, the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) acoustic communication has become a research hotspot. This paper reviews the animal acoustic communication and the latest correlation research of giant pandas and deals with application prospects of these researches in the giant panda conservation.