Acoustic Communication In Insects And Anurans

Author : H. Carl Gerhardt,Franz Huber
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2002-07-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226288338

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Acoustic Communication in Insects and Anurans by H. Carl Gerhardt,Franz Huber Pdf

Walk near woods or water on any spring or summer night and you will hear a bewildering (and sometimes deafening) chorus of frog, toad, and insect calls. How are these calls produced? What messages are encoded within the sounds, and how do their intended recipients receive and decode these signals? How does acoustic communication affect and reflect behavioral and evolutionary factors such as sexual selection and predator avoidance? H. Carl Gerhardt and Franz Huber address these questions among many others, drawing on research from bioacoustics, behavior, neurobiology, and evolutionary biology to present the first integrated approach to the study of acoustic communication in insects and anurans. They highlight both the common solutions that these very different groups have evolved to shared challenges, such as small size, ectothermy (cold-bloodedness), and noisy environments, as well as the divergences that reflect the many differences in evolutionary history between the groups. Throughout the book Gerhardt and Huber also provide helpful suggestions for future research.

Author : H. Carl Gerhardt,Franz Huber
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2002-07-15
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0226288323

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Acoustic Communication in Insects and Anurans by H. Carl Gerhardt,Franz Huber Pdf

Walk near woods or water on any spring or summer night and you will hear a bewildering (and sometimes deafening) chorus of frog, toad, and insect calls. How are these calls produced? What messages are encoded within the sounds, and how do their intended recipients receive and decode these signals? How does acoustic communication affect and reflect behavioral and evolutionary factors such as sexual selection and predator avoidance? H. Carl Gerhardt and Franz Huber address these questions among many others, drawing on research from bioacoustics, behavior, neurobiology, and evolutionary biology to present the first integrated approach to the study of acoustic communication in insects and anurans. They highlight both the common solutions that these very different groups have evolved to shared challenges, such as small size, ectothermy (cold-bloodedness), and noisy environments, as well as the divergences that reflect the many differences in evolutionary history between the groups. Throughout the book Gerhardt and Huber also provide helpful suggestions for future research.

Author : Berthold Hedwig
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642404627

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Insect Hearing and Acoustic Communication by Berthold Hedwig Pdf

This volume provides a comprehensive selection of recent studies addressing insect hearing and acoustic communication. The variety of signalling behaviours and hearing organs makes insects highly suitable animals for exploring and analysing signal generation and hearing in the context of neural processing, ecology, evolution and genetics. Across a variety of hearing species like moths, crickets, bush-crickets, grasshoppers, cicadas and flies, the leading researchers in the field cover recent scientific progress and address key points in current research, such as: - How can we approach the evolution of hearing in insects and what is the developmental and neural origin of the auditory organs? - How are hearing and sound production embedded in the natural lifestyle of the animals, allowing intraspecific communication but also predator avoidance and even predation? - What are the functional properties of hearing organs and how are they achieved at the molecular, biophysical and neural levels? - What are the neural mechanisms of central auditory processing and signal generation? The book is intended for students and researchers both inside and outside of the fascinating field of bioacoustics and aims to foster understanding of hearing and acoustic communication in insects.

Author : Peter M. Narins,Albert S. Feng,Richard R. Fay
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2006-12-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780387477961

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Hearing and Sound Communication in Amphibians by Peter M. Narins,Albert S. Feng,Richard R. Fay Pdf

This book is a compendium of the latest research on acoustic communication in these highly vocal vertebrates. The chapters are written by experts currently investigating the physiology and behavior of amphibians, in the laboratory and in the field. This integrated approach provides a neuroethologically-driven and evolutionary basis for our understanding of acoustic communication and its underlying mechanisms. The intended audience includes senior undergraduates, physiologists, zoologists, evolutionary biologists and communication specialists.

Author : Andrea Simmons,Richard R. Fay
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2006-04-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780387227627

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Acoustic Communication by Andrea Simmons,Richard R. Fay Pdf

In order to communicate, animals send and receive signals that are subject to their particular anatomical, psychological, and environmental constraints. This SHAR volume discusses both the production and perception of acoustic signals. Chapters address the information that animals communicate, how the communication is developed and learned, and how communication systems have adapted and evolved within species. The book will give examples from a variety of species.

Author : John L. Capinera
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 4346 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2008-08-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 1402062427

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Encyclopedia of Entomology by John L. Capinera Pdf

This text brings together fundamental information on insect taxa, morphology, ecology, behavior, physiology, and genetics. Close relatives of insects, such as spiders and mites, are included.

Author : Sakis Drosopoulos,Michael F. Claridge
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2005-11-02
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781420039337

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Insect Sounds and Communication by Sakis Drosopoulos,Michael F. Claridge Pdf

While we may have always assumed that insects employ auditory communication, our understanding of it has been impeded by various technical challenges. In comparison to the study of an insect's visual and olfactory expression, research in the area of acoustic communication has lagged behind. Filling this void, Insect Sounds and Communication is the

Author : Roderick A. Suthers,W. Tecumseh Fitch,Richard R. Fay,Arthur N. Popper
Publisher : Springer
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-27
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783319277219

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Vertebrate Sound Production and Acoustic Communication by Roderick A. Suthers,W. Tecumseh Fitch,Richard R. Fay,Arthur N. Popper Pdf

Although the fundamental principles of vocal production are well-understood, and are being increasingly applied by specialists to specific animal taxa, they stem originally from engineering research on the human voice. These origins create a double barrier to entry for biologists interested in understanding acoustic communication in their study species. The proposed volume aims to fill this gap, providing easy-to-understand overviews of the various relevant theories and techniques, and showing how these principles can be implemented in the study of all main vertebrate groups. The volume will have eleven chapters assembled from the world's leading researchers, at a level intelligible to a wide audience of biologists with no background in engineering or human voice science. Some will cover sound production in a particular vertebrate group; others will address a particular issue, such as vocal learning, across vertebrate taxa. The book will highlight what is known and how to implement useful techniques and methodologies, but will also summarize current gaps in the knowledge. It will serve both as a tutorial introduction for newcomers and a springboard for further research for all scientists interested in understanding animal acoustic signals.

Author : Henrik Brumm
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642414947

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Animal Communication and Noise by Henrik Brumm Pdf

The study of animal communication has led to significant progress in our general understanding of motor and sensory systems, evolution, and speciation. However, one often neglected aspect is that signal exchange in every modality is constrained by noise, be it in the transmission channel or in the nervous system. This book analyses whether and how animals can cope with such constraints, and explores the implications that noise has for our understanding of animal communication. It is written by leading biologists working on different taxa including insects, fish, amphibians, lizards, birds, and mammals. In addition to this broad taxonomic approach, the chapters also cover a wide array of research disciplines: from the mechanisms of signal production and perception, to the behavioural ecology of signalling, the evolution of animal communication, and conservation issues. This volume promotes the integration of the knowledge gained by the diverse approaches to the study of animal communication and, at the same time, highlights particularly interesting fields of current and future research.

Author : Alex Córdoba-Aguilar,Daniel González-Tokman,Isaac González-Santoyo
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780192518095

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Insect Behavior by Alex Córdoba-Aguilar,Daniel González-Tokman,Isaac González-Santoyo Pdf

Insects display a staggering diversity of behaviors. Studying these systems provides insights into a wide range of ecological, evolutionary, and behavioral questions including the genetics of behavior, phenotypic plasticity, chemical communication, and the evolution of life-history traits. This accessible text offers a new approach that provides the reader with the necessary theoretical and conceptual foundations, at different hierarchical levels, to understand insect behavior. The book is divided into three main sections: mechanisms, ecological and evolutionary consequences, and applied issues. The final section places the preceding chapters within a framework of current threats to human survival - climate change, disease, and food security - before providing suggestions and insights as to how we can utilize an understanding of insect behavior to control and/or ameliorate them. Each chapter provides a concise, authoritative review of the conceptual, theoretical, and methodological foundations of each topic.

Author : Gerald S. Pollack,Andrew C. Mason,Arthur N Popper,Richard R Fay
Publisher : Springer
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319288901

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Insect Hearing by Gerald S. Pollack,Andrew C. Mason,Arthur N Popper,Richard R Fay Pdf

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, is justified because, due to its ever growing toolbox of genetic and optical techniques, Drosophila is rapidly becoming one of the most important model systems in neurobiology, including the neurobiology of hearing. Auditory systems, whether insectan or vertebrate, must perform a number of basic tasks: capturing mechanical stimuli and transducing these into neural activity, representing the timing and frequency of sound signals, distinguishing between behaviorally relevant signals and other sounds and localizing sound sources. Studying how these are accomplished in insects offers a valuable comparative view that helps to reveal general principles of auditory function.

Author : Russell Jurenka
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780323902847

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Sound Communication in Insects by Russell Jurenka Pdf

Advances in Insect Physiology, Volume 61 highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of timely topics, including Acoustic signaling in Orthoptera, Sound production in Drosophila melanogaster, and Communication by surface borne mechanical waves in insects. Provides the authority and expertise of leading contributors from an international board of authors Presents the latest release in the Advances in Insect Physiology series

Author : Masaki Sakai
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789813365988

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Death-Feigning in Insects by Masaki Sakai Pdf

This book examines the mechanisms and functions of tonic immobility, the so-called death feigning behavior, or thanatosis, or animal hypnosis. The chapters cover the neurophysiological and experimental studies on insects, the functional significance of death-feigning, examination of the freezing and immobility behavior in insects through environment, physiology, genetics, and responses to ultrasound and vibration. It also covers tonic immobility and freezing behavior in fish from the perspective of vertebrates study. Tonic immobility is an interesting behavior that occurs reflexively in various animals under physical restraint by predators. The physiological mechanism of thanatosis was extensively investigated during 1960-1980. Researchers have proposed hypotheses to explain the mechanism underlying tonic immobility in vertebrates; local inhibition of the central nervous system, acceleration of the limbic system, abnormal control of the autonomic nervous system. On the other hand, the peripheral and central mechanisms of tonic immobility were intensely investigated at a behavioral and a neuronal level in stick insects and crickets. In the 1970s, behavioral ecology has shed light on the aspect of an ultimate factor for tonic immobility. Ethologists and ecologists challenged this matter in the laboratory and natural habitats, and have collected evidence for its functional roles using mainly insects such as beetles, moths, locusts. More recently, studies of tonic immobility in humans are drawing attention, as clinicians are trying to explain the defencelessness of rape victims from the viewpoint of animal hypnosis. This timely publication provides an understanding of the past and present research of the mechanisms and functions of tonic immobility. This book is intended for researchers and undergraduate/ graduate students in the field of zoology including physiology, ethology, ecology, and human behavior. It will also appeal to the public audience who has an interest in animal behavior, including human behavior.

Author : R. F. Chapman,Stephen J. Simpson,Angela E. Douglas
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 963 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780521113892

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The Insects by R. F. Chapman,Stephen J. Simpson,Angela E. Douglas Pdf

A long-awaited update of the standard textbook on insect structure and function, revised by a team of eminent insect physiologists.

Author : Jörn Köhler,Martin Jansen,Ariel Rodriguez,Philippe J. R. Kok,Luís Felipe Toledo,Mike Emmrich,Frank Glaw,Célio F. B. Haddad,Mark-Oliver Rödel,Miguel Vences
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Anura
ISBN : 1776701178

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The Use of Bioacoustics in Anuran Taxonomy, by Jörn Köhler,Martin Jansen,Ariel Rodriguez,Philippe J. R. Kok,Luís Felipe Toledo,Mike Emmrich,Frank Glaw,Célio F. B. Haddad,Mark-Oliver Rödel,Miguel Vences Pdf