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Acoustic Communication in Insects and Anurans: Common Problems and Diverse Solutions Hardcover - 2002 - 1st Edition
by H. Carl Gerhardt; Franz Huber
First line
IMMENSE AGGREGATIONS of sound-producing insects and anurans (frogs and toads) are among the most impressive of biological phenomena.
From the rear cover
Walk near woods or water on any spring or summer night and you will hear a bewildering 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?
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, and noisy environments, as well as the diversity of solutions that reflect the differences in evolutionary history.Details
- Title Acoustic Communication in Insects and Anurans: Common Problems and Diverse Solutions
- Author H. Carl Gerhardt; Franz Huber
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 542
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Chicago Press
- Date July 15, 2002
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9780226288321 / 0226288323
- Weight 1.93 lbs (0.88 kg)
- Dimensions 9.26 x 6.38 x 1.34 in (23.52 x 16.21 x 3.40 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Animal communication, Insects - Behavior
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001008256
- Dewey Decimal Code 595.715