Ecology of Sensing (Hardcover, 2001)

From the contents: General Aspects. Physical Constraints in Sensory Ecology. Why Sensory Ecology Needs to Become More Evolutionary - Insect Color Vision as a Case in Point.- Sound and Hearing. Impedance Matching in Sound Production and Hearing: a Comparative Study. Ecological Constraints for Sound Communication: from Grasshoppers to Elephants.- The Ecology of Avian Acoustical Signals.- Medium Flow and Vibrations. The Motion-Sensing Hairs of Arthropods: Using Physics ot Understand Sensory Ecology and Adaptive Evolution. Vibration Communication in Vertebrates. Lateral Line Research: the Importance of Using Natural Stimuli in Studies of Sensory Systems.- Light and Vision. The Metabolic Cost of Information - a Fundamental Factor in Visual Ecology. The Design of Compound Eyes and the Illumination of Natural Habitats. The Ecology of Teleost Fish Visual Pigments: a Good Example of Sensory Adaptation to the Environment?- Odors and Chemoreception: Selectivity in Chemical Communication Systems of Arthropods. Sensory Ecology of Arthropods Utilizing Plant Infochemicals.- Hygro- and Thermoreception. Problems in Hygro- and Thermoreception.- Magnetic Field and Electroreception. The Geomagnetic Field and Its Role in Directional Orientation. Electric Fields and Electroreception: How Electrosensory Fish Perceive Their Environment.-