Katharine Boynton "Katy" Payne (born 1937) is an American zoologist and researcher in the Bioacoustics Research Program at the Laboratory of Ornithology at Cornell University. Payne studied music and biology in college and after a decade doing research in the savanna elephant country in Kenya, Zimbabwe, and Namibia, she founded Cornell's Elephant Listening Project in 1999.[1]
Payne was born Katharine Boynton in Ithaca, New York, in 1937. Her father was a Cornell University professor and her grandfather was the wildlife illustrator Louis Agassiz Fuertes.[2] Payne attended Cornell, where she met Roger Payne, then a graduate student. They married in 1960.[3]
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Initially a researcher of whales with her then husband, Payne turned to investigating elephants after observing them at the Oregon Zoo in Portland. In 1984, she and other researchers such as Joyce Poole discovered that elephants make infrasonic calls to one another that might be detectable at distances as far as ten kilometers.[4][5] The calls aided in travel and mating. Payne founded the Elephant Listening Project (ELP) to use these calls as a means of measuring the behavior of elephants and the size of the elephant population. Payne was featured in the 1984 PBS series The Voyage of the Mimi.
Payne and her husband worked at sea to Bermuda in 1968. With the help of a Navy engineer, Frank Watlington monitored hydrophones many miles into the sea to capture the sounds of the humpback whales. After 31 years of analyzing the recordings. Payne discovered the predictable ways in which the whales change their songs each season and, with her colleague Linda Guinee, also discovered that whales use rhymes in their songs.[2] The spectrograms of the whale voices showed peaks, valleys, and gaps. The visual representation of the whales vocalization looked like melodies and rhythms according to Payne.[6]
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The concept behind the Elephant Listening Project began to form in 1984 when Katy Payne, observing elephants in the Portland Zoo, discovered that elephants communicate in low frequencies.[7] After four months in Portland, Cornell University's acoustic biologists Carl Hopkins and Bob Capranica partnered with Payne to record and measure the infrasonic communication and behavior of elephants. By 1999 Payne published her elephant discoveries in her book Silent Thunder,[8] and the Elephant Listening Project was officially founded in the Laboratory of Ornithology to focus on long-term research on forest elephants.
In 2005 Katy Payne retired and Peter Wrege took over the project. Since then the ELP has been listening to and studying elephant communication in the forests of Central Africa, applying Payne's insights to further her findings and to support the conservation of elephants. Co-founder of the ELP, Andrea Turkalo, conducts the longest-running study of forest elephants, at the Dzanga forest clearing in the Central African Republic. Turkalo has identified more than 4,000 individual elephants and has tracked their family relationships, social behavior, history of visits to the clearing, and reproduction. These data provide the most complete source of material available for understanding forest elephant demography and behavior.
The ELP has ongoing monitoring studies in Gabon, Republic of Congo, and Cameroon. Through the use of autonomous sound recorders, the ELP can monitor changes in elephant activity in response to environmental conditions and changing human commercial activity in the forests, and is using the detection of poaching activity to inform and improve anti-poaching patrol strategies.[9]
Referencesedit
^"Katy Payne - In the Presence of Elephants and Whales". On Being with Krista Tippett. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
^ abBrody, Jane E. (1993-11-09). "SCIENTIST AT WORK: Katy Payne; Picking Up Mammals' Deep Notes". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
^Oakes, Elizabeth H., ed. (2007). "Payne, Katharine Boynton ("Katy")". Encyclopedia of World Scientists. Infobase Publishing. pp. 573–574. ISBN978-1-4381-1882-6.
^Langbauer, W. R.; Payne, K. B.; Charif, R. A.; Rapaport, L.; Osborn, F. (1991). "African elephants respond to distant playbacks of low-frequency conspecific calls". Journal of Experimental Biology. 157: 35–46. doi:10.1242/jeb.157.1.35.
^Larom, D.; Garstang, M.; Payne, K.; Raspet, R.; Lindeque, M. (1997). "The influence of surface atmospheric conditions on the range and area reached by animal vocalizations". Journal of Experimental Biology. 200 (3): 421–431. doi:10.1242/jeb.200.3.421. PMID 9057305.
^Twitter, Bill McQuay Twitter Christopher Joyce. "It Took A Musician's Ear To Decode The Complex Song In Whale Calls". NPR.org. Retrieved 2015-12-10. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
^Payne, Katharine B.; Langbauer, William R.; Thomas, E. M. (1986). "Infrasonic calls of the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 18 (4): 297–301. doi:10.1007/bf00300007. S2CID 1480496.
^Payne, Katy (1998). Silent Thunder. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN0-684-80108-6.
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Katharine Boynton Katy Payne born 1937 is an American zoologist and researcher in the Bioacoustics Research Program at the Laboratory of Ornithology at Cornell University Payne studied music and biology in college and after a decade doing research in the savanna elephant country in Kenya Zimbabwe and Namibia she founded Cornell s Elephant Listening Project in 1999 1 Katy PaynePayne in 2009BornKatharine Boynton1937 age 86 87 Ithaca New YorkAlma materCornell UniversitySpouseRoger Payne m 1960 div 1985 wbr For the American nurse and bioethicist of similar name see Kate Payne Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 3 Whale song research 4 The Elephant Listening Project 5 References 6 External linksEarly life and education editPayne was born Katharine Boynton in Ithaca New York in 1937 Her father was a Cornell University professor and her grandfather was the wildlife illustrator Louis Agassiz Fuertes 2 Payne attended Cornell where she met Roger Payne then a graduate student They married in 1960 3 Career editInitially a researcher of whales with her then husband Payne turned to investigating elephants after observing them at the Oregon Zoo in Portland In 1984 she and other researchers such as Joyce Poole discovered that elephants make infrasonic calls to one another that might be detectable at distances as far as ten kilometers 4 5 The calls aided in travel and mating Payne founded the Elephant Listening Project ELP to use these calls as a means of measuring the behavior of elephants and the size of the elephant population Payne was featured in the 1984 PBS series The Voyage of the Mimi In 2004 Payne s initial recordings of elephants were selected as one of 50 recordings chosen that year by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry Whale song research editPayne and her husband worked at sea to Bermuda in 1968 With the help of a Navy engineer Frank Watlington monitored hydrophones many miles into the sea to capture the sounds of the humpback whales After 31 years of analyzing the recordings Payne discovered the predictable ways in which the whales change their songs each season and with her colleague Linda Guinee also discovered that whales use rhymes in their songs 2 The spectrograms of the whale voices showed peaks valleys and gaps The visual representation of the whales vocalization looked like melodies and rhythms according to Payne 6 The Elephant Listening Project editThe concept behind the Elephant Listening Project began to form in 1984 when Katy Payne observing elephants in the Portland Zoo discovered that elephants communicate in low frequencies 7 After four months in Portland Cornell University s acoustic biologists Carl Hopkins and Bob Capranica partnered with Payne to record and measure the infrasonic communication and behavior of elephants By 1999 Payne published her elephant discoveries in her book Silent Thunder 8 and the Elephant Listening Project was officially founded in the Laboratory of Ornithology to focus on long term research on forest elephants In 2005 Katy Payne retired and Peter Wrege took over the project Since then the ELP has been listening to and studying elephant communication in the forests of Central Africa applying Payne s insights to further her findings and to support the conservation of elephants Co founder of the ELP Andrea Turkalo conducts the longest running study of forest elephants at the Dzanga forest clearing in the Central African Republic Turkalo has identified more than 4 000 individual elephants and has tracked their family relationships social behavior history of visits to the clearing and reproduction These data provide the most complete source of material available for understanding forest elephant demography and behavior The ELP has ongoing monitoring studies in Gabon Republic of Congo and Cameroon Through the use of autonomous sound recorders the ELP can monitor changes in elephant activity in response to environmental conditions and changing human commercial activity in the forests and is using the detection of poaching activity to inform and improve anti poaching patrol strategies 9 References edit Katy Payne In the Presence of Elephants and Whales On Being with Krista Tippett Retrieved September 3 2015 a b Brody Jane E 1993 11 09 SCIENTIST AT WORK Katy Payne Picking Up Mammals Deep Notes The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 2015 12 10 Oakes Elizabeth H ed 2007 Payne Katharine Boynton Katy Encyclopedia of World Scientists Infobase Publishing pp 573 574 ISBN 978 1 4381 1882 6 Langbauer W R Payne K B Charif R A Rapaport L Osborn F 1991 African elephants respond to distant playbacks of low frequency conspecific calls Journal of Experimental Biology 157 35 46 doi 10 1242 jeb 157 1 35 Larom D Garstang M Payne K Raspet R Lindeque M 1997 The influence of surface atmospheric conditions on the range and area reached by animal vocalizations Journal of Experimental Biology 200 3 421 431 doi 10 1242 jeb 200 3 421 PMID 9057305 Twitter Bill McQuay Twitter Christopher Joyce It Took A Musician s Ear To Decode The Complex Song In Whale Calls NPR org Retrieved 2015 12 10 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a last has generic name help Payne Katharine B Langbauer William R Thomas E M 1986 Infrasonic calls of the Asian elephant Elephas maximus Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 18 4 297 301 doi 10 1007 bf00300007 S2CID 1480496 Payne Katy 1998 Silent Thunder New York Simon amp Schuster ISBN 0 684 80108 6 The Elephant Listening Project www elephantlisteningproject org Retrieved 2021 01 31 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Katy Payne Elephant Listening Project ELP bio Listening to Elephants Radio Expeditions National Public Radio Oct 31 2002 In the Presence of Elephants and Whales On Being American Public Media Aug 13 2015 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Katy Payne amp oldid 1194982132, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
