Dooling / Fay Comparative Hearing: Birds and Reptiles

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4612-1182-2
Verlag: Springer US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 13, 380 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research

Birds and reptiles have long fascinated investigators studying hearing and the auditory system. The highly evolved auditory inner ear of birds and reptiles shares many characteristics with the ear of mammals. Thus, the two groups are essential in understanding the form and function of the vertebrate and mammalian auditory systems. Comparative Hearing: Birds and Reptiles covers the broad range of our knowledge of hearing and acoustic communication in both groups of vertebrates. This volume addresses the many similarities in their auditory systems, as well as the known significant differences about hearing in the two groups.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dooling, Robert J.

Fay, Richard R.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction.- 2 The Middle Ear of Reptiles and Birds.- 3 The Hearing Organ of Birds and Crocodilia.- 4 The Hearing Organs of Lizards.- 5 The Central Auditory System of Reptiles and Birds.- 6 Sound Localization in Birds.- 7 Hearing in Birds and Reptiles.