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        Professor, University of Saint-Etienne, France           

                 & Institut universitaire de France

My research focuses on acoustic communication in Vertebrates within a comparative framework. I'm especially interested in cognitive and neurophysiological mechanisms of sound signal perception and in the impact of social and environmental constraints on the evolution of acoustic communications. My favourite models are songbirds, seabirds, marine mammals and crocodiles.

A strong link between field research on wild animals and lab investigations on neuro-ethological processes is my priority.