Comparative hearing.
By: Robert J. Dooling, Richard R. Fay, Arthur N. Popper, editors.
Contributors: Dooling, Robert J.; Fay, Richard R.; Popper, Arthur N.
Series: Springer handbook of auditory research -- v. 13
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 380
Subjects: Hearing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Physiology, Comparative -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Birds -- Physiology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Other titles: Birds and reptiles
Description: "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."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Middle ear of reptiles and birds -- James C. Saunders, R. Keith Duncan, Daryl E. Doan, Yehudah L. Werner -- The; title: hearing organ of birds and Crocodilia -- Otto Gleich, Geoffrey A. Manley -- The; title: hearing organs of lizards -- Geffrey A. Manley -- The; title: central auditory system of reptiles and birds -- Catherine E. Carr, Rebecca A. Code; title: Sound localization in birds -- Georg Klump; title: Hearing in birds and reptiles-- Robert J. Dooling, Bernard Lohr, Micheal L. Dent.