The Evolutionary Biology of Hearing

1. Front Matter

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2. Evolutionary Perspectives

   1. Front Matter

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   2. An Overview of the Evolutionary Biology of Hearing

      • Carl Gans

      Pages 3-13

   3. Comparisons of Major and Minor Taxa Reveal Two Kinds of Differences: “Lateral” Adaptations and “Vertical” Changes in Grade

      • Theodore H. Bullock

      Pages 15-19

   4. The Phylogeny of Octavolateralis Ontogenies: A Reaffirmation of Garstang’s Phylogenetic Hyphothesis

      • R. Glenn Northcutt

      Pages 21-47

   5. Evolution of the Vertebrate Inner Ear: An Overview of Ideas

      • Arthur N. Popper, Christopher Platt, Peggy L. Edds

      Pages 49-57

3. Invertebrates

   1. Front Matter

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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

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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

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.

• Hören
• Mammalia
• Ohr
• anatomy
• behavior
• biology
• evolution
• evolutionary biology
• invertebrates
• ontogeny
• paleontology
• physiology
• vertebrates

• 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

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