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Insights from comparative hearing research /

Insights from comparative hearing research / Christine Köppl, Geoffrey A. Manley, Arthur N. Popper, Richard R. Fay, editors. - xvi, 388 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), portrait ; 25 cm. - Springer handbook of auditory research, 49 0947-2657 ; . - Springer handbook of auditory research ; v. 49. .

Includes bibliographical references.

Unique Contributions from Comparative Auditory Research.- Transduction and Amplification in the Ear: Insights from Insects.- Roles for Prestin in Harnessing the Basilar Membrane to the Organ of Corti.- Origin and development of hair-cell orientation in the inner ear.- The Remarkable Ear of Geckos and Pygopods.- Ultrasound Detection in Fishes and Frogs: Discovery and Mechanisms.- The Malleable Middle Ear: an Underappreciated Player in the Evolution of Hearing in Vertebrates.- Auditory Brainstem Processing in Reptiles and Amphibians: Roles of Coupled Ears.- Modern Imaging Techniques as a Window to Prehistoric Auditory Worlds.- Emu and Kiwi: The Ear and Hearing in Paleognathous Birds.- Diversity in Hearing in Fishes: Ecoacoustical, Communicative, and Developmental Constraints.- Reptile Auditory Neuroethology: What do Reptiles do with Their Hearing?.- Advances in Understanding the Auditory Brain of Songbirds.

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Hearing.
Ear--physiology.
Hearing--physiology.
Anatomy, Comparative.
Animal Experimentation.
Models, Animal.
Hearing.

QP461 / .I57 2014

612.85 KOP

W1 / SP685F v.49 2014 WV 270