Neuroendocrine Regulation of Animal Vocalization: Mechanisms and Anthropogenic Factors in Animal Communication

ISBN-13: 9780128151600 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 416 str.

Cheryl S. Rosenfeld; Frauke Hoffmann

Recenzje

"The editors have done an excellent job of collecting reviews from researchers that offer perspectives on this topic for both invertebrates and vertebrates." --Quarterly Review of Biology

Spis treści

I. Introduction

1. Neuroendocrine control of sound production and perception

II. Sound production and perception

Section A: Invertebrates

2. Acoustic identification of insects based on cepstral data fusion and hidden Markov models 3. Sound production and perception in invertebrates: Regulation of acoustic sensory-to-motor processing in insects 4. Acoustic/vibration behaviors in crustaceans

Section B: Vertebrates

5. Vocal production in anurans 6. Endocrine modulation of acoustic communication: Xenopus laevis as a model system 7. Reptile sound production and perception

Section C: Mammals

8. The role of sex hormones in human language development 9. From whispers to howling cries: Sound production and perception in nonhuman primates 10. Canine sound production, perception, and processing 11. Artiodactyl vocalization 12. Neuroendocrine controls of vocalizations in rodents 13. The perception of acoustic signals and the hormonal control over acoustic communication in rodents 14. Vocalization in subterranean and fossorial rodents 15. Sonic and ultrasonic communication in bats: Acoustics, perception, and production 16. Sound production and propagation in cetaceans 17. Elephant sonic and infrasonic sound production, perception, and processing 18. Marsupial vocal communication: A review of vocal signal production, form, and function

Section D: Birds

19. Neuroendocrine regulation of vocalizations and other sounds in nonsongbirds 20. Courtship vocalizations in nonsongbirds: Auditory and neuroendocrine mechanisms in intersexual communication

III. The biology and politics of a silent spring

21. Endocrine disrupters and potential effects on vocalization: Behaviors in rodents and other species 22. Measures to curb endocrine-disrupting chemicals in the United States

Section E: Current steps other countries are taking to minimize exposure of wildlife (and humans) to EDCs

23. Assessment of endocrine disrupters under European regulations 24. Assessment strategies of endocrine disrupters under regulations of the ministry of the environment of Japan 25. Africa 26. Final thoughts on understanding animal vocalizations in the 21st century