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Ecology of Sensing

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2001

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Editors:
  1. Friedrich G. Barth

    1. Biocenter, Institute for Zoology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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  2. Axel Schmid

    1. Biocenter, Institute for Zoology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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  • The latest research results from the border area of ecology and sensory physiology

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Table of contents (16 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
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  4. Medium Flow and Vibrations

    1. The Motion-Sensing Hairs of Arthropods: Using Physics to Understand Sensory Ecology and Adaptive Evolution

      • J. A. C. Humphrey, F. G. Barth, K. Voss
      Pages 105-125

    2. Vibration Communication in Vertebrates

      • Peter M. Narins
      Pages 127-148

    3. Lateral Line Research: the Importance of Using Natural Stimuli in Studies of Sensory Systems

      • Horst Bleckmann, Joachim Mogdans, Guido Dehnhardt
      Pages 149-167

  6. Odors and Chemoreception

    1. Selectivity in Chemical Communication Systems of Arthropods

      • Stefan Schulz
      Pages 237-252

    2. Sensory Ecology of Arthropods Utilizing Plant Infochemicals

      • Joop J. A. van Loon, Marcel Dicke
      Pages 253-270

  7. Hygro- and Thermoreception

    1. Problems in Hygro- and Thermoreception

      • Harald Tichy, Ewald Gingl
      Pages 271-287

  8. Magnetic Field and Electroreception

    1. The Geomagnetic Field and its Role in Directional Orientation

      • Wolfgang Wiltschko, Roswitha Wiltschko
      Pages 289-312

    2. Electric Fields and Electroreception: How Electrosensory Fish Perceive Their Environment

      • Gerhard von der Emde
      Pages 313-329

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 331-341
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About this book

Sense organs serve as a kind of biological interface between the environment and the organism. Therefore, the relationship between sensory systems and ecology is very close and its knowledge of fundamental importance for an understanding of animal behavior. The sixteen chapters of this book exemplify the diversity of the constraints and opportunities associated with the sensation of stimuli representing different forms of energy. The book stresses the events taking place in the sensory periphery where the animal is exposed to and gets in touch with its natural habitat and acquires the information needed to organize its interaction with its environment.
Ecology of Sensing brings together the leading experts in the field.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Biocenter, Institute for Zoology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Friedrich G. Barth, Axel Schmid

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Ecology of Sensing

  • Editors: Friedrich G. Barth, Axel Schmid

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-22644-5

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-66901-2Published: 20 March 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-08619-9Published: 01 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-22644-5Published: 29 June 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 342

  • Topics: Animal Physiology, Animal Ecology, Ecology, Neurosciences

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