Comparative Hearing: Birds and Reptiles

Robert J. Dooling, Richard R. Fay (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

380 Seiten

2000
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-0-387-94684-9 (ISBN)

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Birds and reptiles have long fascinated investigators studying hearing and the auditory system. This volume addresses the many similarities in their auditory systems, as well as the known significant differences about hearing in the two groups.

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.

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.

Reihe/Serie	Springer Handbook of Auditory Research ; 13
Zusatzinfo	XIV, 380 p.
Verlagsort	New York, NY
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Angewandte Physik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Mechanik
	Veterinärmedizin ► Vorklinik
ISBN-10	0-387-94684-5 / 0387946845
ISBN-13	978-0-387-94684-9 / 9780387946849
Zustand	Neuware