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The Ecology of Animal Senses

Matched Filters for Economical Sensing

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Editors:
  1. Gerhard von der Emde

    1. Institut für Zoologie Neuroethologie/Sensorische Ökologie, Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany

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  2. Eric Warrant

    1. Lund Vision Group, Department of Biology, University of Lund Lund Vision Group, Department of Biology, Lund, Sweden

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  • 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

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Chemoreception

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Adaptive Processing in the Insect Olfactory System

      • Jeffrey A. Riffell, John G. Hildebrand
      Pages 3-24

  3. Mechanoreception and Audition

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-25
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    2. A Spider’s Sense of Touch: What to Do with Myriads of Tactile Hairs?

      • Friedrich G. Barth
      Pages 27-57

    3. Matched Filtering in Active Whisker Touch

      • Robyn A. Grant, Kendra P. Arkley
      Pages 59-82

    4. Matched Filters in Insect Audition: Tuning Curves and Beyond

      • Heiner Römer
      Pages 83-109

    5. Principles of Matched Filtering with Auditory Examples from Selected Vertebrates

      • Peter M. Narins, Grace A. Clark
      Pages 111-140

  4. Vision

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141
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    2. Matched Filtering and the Ecology of Vision in Insects

      • Eric J. Warrant
      Pages 143-167

    3. Visual Matched Filtering in Vertebrates

      • R. H. Douglas, T. W. Cronin
      Pages 169-203

  5. Infrared-Perception

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 205-205
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    2. Matched Filter Properties of Infrared Receptors Used for Fire and Heat Detection in Insects

      • Helmut Schmitz, Anke Schmitz, Erik S. Schneider
      Pages 207-234

  6. Electroreception

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 235-235
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    2. Matched Filtering in African Weakly Electric Fish: Two Senses with Complementary Filters

      • Gerhard von der Emde, Tim Ruhl
      Pages 237-263

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 265-269
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Zoologie Neuroethologie/Sensorische Ökologie, Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany

    Gerhard von der Emde

  • Lund Vision Group, Department of Biology, University of Lund Lund Vision Group, Department of Biology, Lund, Sweden

    Eric Warrant

About the editors

Prof. Gerhard von der Emde, University of Bonn, Germany Prof. Eric Warrant, University of Lund, Sweden

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Ecology of Animal Senses

  • Book Subtitle: Matched Filters for Economical Sensing

  • Editors: Gerhard von der Emde, Eric Warrant

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25492-0

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-25490-6Published: 28 December 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-79800-4Published: 29 March 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-25492-0Published: 16 December 2015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 269

  • Number of Illustrations: 49 b/w illustrations, 46 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Animal Physiology, Neurobiology, Animal Ecology

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