Insect Hearing

✍ Scribed by Gerald S. Pollack, Andrew C. Mason, Arthur N Popper, Richard R. Fay (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 271
• Series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research 55
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction to Insect Acoustics....Pages 1-15
Evolution of Acoustic Communication in Insects....Pages 17-47
Behavioral Ecology of Insect Acoustic Communication....Pages 49-80
Hearing for Defense....Pages 81-98
Vibrational Signaling....Pages 99-123
Mechanical Specializations of Insect Ears....Pages 125-157
Auditory Transduction....Pages 159-175
Central Neural Processing of Sound Signals in Insects....Pages 177-214
Information Processing in the Auditory Pathway of Insects....Pages 215-238
Hearing in Drosophila ....Pages 239-262

✦ Subjects

Entomology; Otorhinolaryngology; Neurosciences