Comparative Hearing: Birds and Reptiles

Birds and reptiles have long fascinated investigators studying hearing and the auditory system. The highly evolved auditory inner ear of birds and reptiles shares many characteristics with the ear of mammals. Thus, the two groups are essential in understanding the form and function of the vertebrate and mammalian auditory systems. Comparative Hearing: Birds and Reptiles covers the broad range of our knowledge of hearing and acoustic communication in both groups of vertebrates. This volume addresses the many similarities in their auditory systems, as well as the known significant differences about hearing in the two groups.

List of contents

1 Introduction.- 2 The Middle Ear of Reptiles and Birds.- 3 The Hearing Organ of Birds and Crocodilia.- 4 The Hearing Organs of Lizards.- 5 The Central Auditory System of Reptiles and Birds.- 6 Sound Localization in Birds.- 7 Hearing in Birds and Reptiles.

Product details

• Assisted by: Robert J. Dooling (Editor), Richard R. Fay (Editor), Rober J Dooling (Editor), Robert J Dooling (Editor), R Fay (Editor), R Fay (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.10.2013
• EAN: 9781461270362
• ISBN: 978-1-4612-7036-2
• No. of pages: 380
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 21 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 604 g
• Illustrations: XIV, 380 p.
• Series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research; Springer Handbook of Auditory Research
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology