The Ecology of Animal Senses
Matched Filters for Economical Sensing
Editors: von der Emde, Gerhard, Warrant, Eric (Eds.)
Free Preview- Elucidates the concept of matched sensory filters as an evolutionary process
- Summarizes examples of matched filters in all senses
- Outlines the key requirements to energy-efficient senses from a neurobiological perspective
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- About this book
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The collection of chapters in this book present the concept of matched filters: response characteristics “matching” the characteristics of crucially important sensory inputs, which allows detection of vital sensory stimuli while sensory inputs not necessary for the survival of the animal tend to be filtered out, or sacrificed. The individual contributions discuss that the evolution of sensing systems resulted from the necessity to achieve the most efficient sensing of vital information at the lowest possible energetic cost. Matched filters are found in all senses including vision, hearing, olfaction, mechanoreception, electroreception and infrared sensing and different cases will be referred to in detail.
- About the authors
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Prof. Gerhard von der Emde, University of Bonn, Germany Prof. Eric Warrant, University of Lund, Sweden
- Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Adaptive Processing in the Insect Olfactory System
Pages 3-24
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A Spider’s Sense of Touch: What to Do with Myriads of Tactile Hairs?
Pages 27-57
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Matched Filtering in Active Whisker Touch
Pages 59-82
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Matched Filters in Insect Audition: Tuning Curves and Beyond
Pages 83-109
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Principles of Matched Filtering with Auditory Examples from Selected Vertebrates
Pages 111-140
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- The Ecology of Animal Senses
- Book Subtitle
- Matched Filters for Economical Sensing
- Editors
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- Gerhard von der Emde
- Eric Warrant
- Copyright
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing Switzerland
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-25492-0
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-25492-0
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-25490-6
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-79800-4
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- X, 269
- Number of Illustrations
- 49 b/w illustrations, 46 illustrations in colour
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