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The Evolutionary Biology of Hearing

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Editors:
  1. Douglas B. Webster

    1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans, USA

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  2. Arthur N. Popper

    1. Department of Zoology, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

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  3. Richard R. Fay

    1. Parmly Hearing Institute and Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, USA

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Table of contents (52 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-li
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  3. Invertebrates

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-59
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    2. Hearing and Sound Communication in Small Animals: Evolutionary Adaptations to the Laws of Physics

      • Axel Michelsen
      Pages 61-77

    3. Ecological Constraints for the Evolution of Hearing and Sound Communication in Insects

      • Heiner Römer
      Pages 79-93

    4. The Processing of Auditory Signals in the CNS of Orthoptera

      • Brian Lewis
      Pages 95-114

    5. The Evolution of Hearing in Insects as an Adaptation to Predation from Bats

      • Ronald R. Hoy
      Pages 115-129

    6. Hearing in Crustacea

      • Bernd U. Budelmann
      Pages 131-139

    7. Hearing in Nonarthropod Invertebrates

      • Bernd U. Budelmann
      Pages 141-155

    8. The Mechanoreceptive Origin of Insect Tympanal Organs: A Comparative Study of Homologous Nerves in Tympanate and Atympanate Moths

      • Jayne E. Yack, James H. Fullard
      Pages 156-156

    9. Organization of the Auditory Pathway in Noctuoid Moths: Homologous Auditory Evolution in Insects

      • G. S. Boyan, James H. Fullard, J. L. D. Williams
      Pages 157-157

    10. Hearing in the Primitive Ensiferan Cyphoderris monstrosa (Orthoptera: Haglidae)

      • Andrew C. Mason, Klaus Schildberger
      Pages 158-158

    11. Hair Cell Sensitivity in the Cephalopod Statocyst

      • Roddy Williamson
      Pages 159-159

  4. Aspects of Hearing Among Vertebrates

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 161-161
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    2. Convergence of Design in Vertebrate Acoustic Sensors

      • Edwin R. Lewis
      Pages 163-184

    3. The Efferent Innervation of the Ear: Variations on an Enigma

      • Barry L. Roberts, Gloria E. Meredith
      Pages 185-210
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About this book

To develop a science of hearing that is intellectu­ The five-day conference was held at the Mote ally satisfying we must first integrate the diverse, Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, Florida, May - extensive body of comparative research into an 24, 1990. The invited participants came from the evolutionary context. The need for this integra­ fields of comparative anatomy, physiology, biophys­ tion, and a conceptual framework in which it could ics, animal behavior, psychophysics, evolutionary be structured, were demonstrated in landmark biology, ontogeny, and paleontology. Before the papers by van Bergeijk in 1967 and Wever in 1974. conference, preliminary manuscripts of the invited However, not since 1965, when the American papers were distributed to all participants. This facilitated - even encouraged - discussions through­ Society of Zoologists sponsored an evolutionary conference entitled ''The Vertebrate Ear;' has there out the conference which could be called, among other things, "lively. " The preview of papers, along been a group effort to assemble and organize our current knowledge on the evolutionary-as with the free exchange of information and opinion, opposed to comparative-biology of hearing. also helped improve the quality and consistency of In the quarter century since that conference the final manuscripts included in this volume. there have been major changes in evolutionary In addition to the invited papers, several studies concepts (e. g. , punctuated equilibrium), in sys­ were presented as posters during evening sessions.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans, USA

    Douglas B. Webster

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

    Arthur N. Popper

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

    Richard R. Fay

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Evolutionary Biology of Hearing

  • Editors: Douglas B. Webster, Arthur N. Popper, Richard R. Fay

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2784-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 1992

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-7668-5Published: 19 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-2784-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: LI, 859

  • Topics: Zoology, Neurosciences, Plant Sciences

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