Comparative Hearing: Birds and Reptiles

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Hearing in Birds and Reptiles: An Overview

   • Robert J. Dooling, Arthur N. Popper

   Pages 1-12

3. The Middle Ear of Reptiles and Birds

   • James C. Saunders, R. Keith Duncan, Daryl E. Doan, Yehudah L. Werner

   Pages 13-69

4. The Hearing Organ of Birds and Crocodilia

   • Otto Gleich, Geoffrey A. Manley

   Pages 70-138

5. The Hearing Organs of Lizards

   • Geoffrey A. Manley

   Pages 139-196

6. The Central Auditory System of Reptiles and Birds

   • Catherine E. Carr, Rebecca A. Code

   Pages 197-248

7. Sound Localization in Birds

   • Georg M. Klump

   Pages 249-307

8. Hearing in Birds and Reptiles

   • Robert J. Dooling, Bernard Lohr, Micheal L. Dent

   Pages 308-359

9. Back Matter

   Pages 361-380

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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.

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• Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

  Robert J. Dooling

• Parmly Hearing Institute and Department of Psychology, Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, USA

  Richard R. Fay

• Department of Biology and Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Program, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

  Arthur N. Popper

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