Insect Hearing

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Pollack, Gerald S. (Editor), Mason, Andrew C. (Editor), Popper, Arthur N. (Editor), Fay, Richard R. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, 55
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Neurosciences.; Otorhinolaryngology.; Entomology.; Life Sciences.

Insect Hearing provides a broadly based view of the functions, mechanisms, and evolution of hearing in insects. With a single exception, the chapters focus on problems of hearing and their solutions, rather than being focused on particular taxa. The exception, hearing in Drosophila, serves as a case...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction to Insect Acoustics
• Evolution of Acoustic Communication in Insects
• Behavioral Ecology of Insect Acoustic Communication
• Hearing for Defense
• Vibrational Signaling
• Mechanical Specializations of Insect Ears
• Auditory Transduction
• Central Neural Processing of Sound Signals in Insects
• Information Processing in the Auditory Pathway of Insects
• Hearing in Drosophila
• Index.