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This volume on insects introduces the hearing research community and entomologists to the extensive literature on the ways that insects detect and process sounds. Each of the chapters is written by a leading expert in the field, and together they comprise the first comprehensive treatment of insect hearing. Comparative Hearing: Insects provides reviews of the behavior, physiology, mechanics and biophysics of insect hearing. It gives the reader considerable insight into insect hearing as well as applications to other animal models.

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This volume on insects introduces the hearing research community and entomologists to the extensive but often unfamiliar literature on the ways that insects detect and process sounds. Each of the chapters is written by a leading expert in the field, and together they comprise the first comprehensive treatment of insect hearing. Starting with a discussion of insect taxonomy and an overview of the insects that are known to hear and use sound in communication, Comparative Hearing: Insects goes on to provide reviews of the behavior, physiology, mechanics and biophysics of insect hearing. All of the chapters are conceptual, providing not only an appreciation of insect hearing but also discussion of major questions for the future. This volume gives the reader considerable insight into insect hearing as well as applications to other animal models.

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ISBN 10 :  1461268281 ISBN 13 :  9781461268284
Editeur : Springer, 2012
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