Research Catalog

Title

Evolution of the vertebrate auditory system / Geoffrey A. Manley, Arthur N. Popper, Richard R. Fay, editors.

Publication

New York : Springer, [2004], ©2004.

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Additional Authors

• Manley, Geoffrey A., 1945-
• Popper, Arthur N.
• Fay, Richard R.

Description

xviii, 415 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Summary

"The function of vertebrate hearing is served by a surprising variety of sensory structures in the different groups of fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. This book discusses the origin, specialization, and functional properties of sensory hair cells, beginning with environmental constraints on acoustic systems and addressing in detail the evolutionary history behind modern structure and function in the vertebrate ear."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Springer handbook of auditory research ; v. 22

Uniform Title

Springer handbook of auditory research ; v. 22.

Subjects

• Vertebrates
• Ear > Anatomy
• Ear > anatomy & histology
• Biological Evolution
• Vertebrates > Evolution
• Ear > Evolution

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Ch. 1. An outline of the evolution of vertebrate hearing organs / Geoffrey A. Manley and Jennifer A. Clack -- Ch. 2. Environmental variables and the fundamental nature of hearing / Edwin R. Lewis and Richard R. Fay -- Ch. 3. Evolution of sensory hair cells / Allison Coffin, Matthew Kelley, Geoffrey A. Manley and Arthur N. Popper -- Ch. 4. Parallel evolution in fish hearing organs / Friedrich Ladich and Arthur N. Popper -- Ch. 5. The evolution of single- and multiple-ossicle ears in fishes and tetrapods / Jennifer A. Clack and Edgar Allin -- Ch. 6. Evolution of the amphibian ear / Michael Smotherman and Peter Narins -- Ch. 7. The Lizard basilar papilla and its evolution / Geoffrey A. Manley -- Ch. 8. Hearing organ evolution and specialization : archosaurs / Otto Gleich, Franz Peter Fischer, Christine Koppl and Geoffrey A. Manley -- Ch. 9. Hearing organ evolution and specialization : early and later mammals / Marianne Vater, Jin Meng and Richard C. Fox -- Ch. 10. The evolution of central pathways and their neural processing patterns / Benedikt Grothe, Catherine E. Carr, John H. Casseday, Bernd Fritzsch and Christine Koppl -- Ch. 11. Advances and perspectives in the study of the evolution of the vertebrate auditory system / Geoffrey A. Manley -- App. Useful concepts from circuit theory / Edwin R. Lewis.

ISBN

• 038721089X (HA)
• 0387210938 (SA)

OCLC

• ocm56724947
• SCSB-5096758

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries