Neuroendocrine Regulation of Animal Vocalization: Mechanisms and Anthropogenic Factors in Animal Communication examines the underpinning neuroendocrine (NE) mechanisms that drive animal communication across taxa. Written by international subject experts, the book focuses on the importance of animal communication in survival and reproduction at an individual and species level, and the impact that increased production and accumulation of endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) can have on these regulatory processes.
This book discusses sound production, perception, processing, and response across a range of animals. This includes insects, fish, bats, birds, nonhuman primates, infant humans, and many others. Some chapters analyze how neuroactive substances, endocrine control, and chemical pollution affect the physiology of the animal’s perceptive and sound-producing organs, as well as their auditory and vocal receptors and pathways. Other chapters address the recent approaches governments have taken to protect against the endocrine disruption of animal (vocal) behaviors. The book is a valuable resource for researchers and advanced students seeking first-rate material on neuroendocrinological effects on animal behavior and communication.
1. Part I: Introduction - p. iii 2. Chapter 1: Neuroendocrine control of sound production and perception - p. iii 3. Part II: Sound Production and Perception - p. iii 4. Section A: Invertebrates - p. iii 5. Chapter 2: Regulation of acoustic sensory-to-motor processing in insects - p. iii 6. Chapter 3: Acoustic identification of insects based on cepstral data fusion and hidden Markov models - p. iii 7. Chapter 4: Acoustic/vibration behaviors in crustaceans - p. iii 8. Section B: Vertebrates - p. iii 9. Section B.1: Poikilothermic vertebrates - p. iii 10. Chapter 5: Vocal production in anurans - p. iii 11. Chapter 6: Endocrine modulation of acoustic communication: Xenopus laevis as a model system - p. iii 12. Chapter 7: Reptile sound production and perception - p. iii 13. Section B.2: Mammals - p. iii 14. Chapter 8: The role of sex hormones in human language development - p. iii 15. Chapter 9: From whispers to howling cries: Sound production and perception in nonhuman primates - p. iii 16. Chapter 10: Canine sound production, perception, and processing - p. iii 17. Chapter 11: Artiodactyl vocalization - p. iii 18. Chapter 12: Elephant sonic and infrasonic sound production, perception, and processing - p. iii 19. Chapter 13: Neuroendocrine control of vocalizations in rodents - p. iii 20. Chapter 14: The perception of acoustic signals and the hormonal control over acoustic communication in rodents - p. iii 21. Chapter 15: Vocalization in subterranean and fossorial rodents - p. iii 22. Chapter 16: Sonic and ultrasonic communication in bats: Acoustics, perception, and production - p. iii 23. Chapter 17: Sound production and propagation in cetaceans - p. iii 24. Chapter 18: Marsupial vocal communication: A review of vocal signal production, form, and function - p. iii 25. Section B.3: Birds - p. iii 26. Chapter 19: Neuroendocrine regulation of vocalizations and other sounds in nonsongbirds - p. iii 27. Chapter 20: Courtship vocalizations in nonsongbirds: Auditory and neuroendocrine mechanisms in intersexual communication - p. iii 28. Part III: The Biology and Politics of a Silent Spring - p. iii 29. Chapter 21: Endocrine disruptors and potential effects on communication in rodents and other species - p. iii 30. Chapter 22: Measures to curb endocrine-disrupting chemicals in the United States - p. iii 31. Chapter 23: Assessment of endocrine disruptors under European regulations - p. iii 32. Chapter 24: Assessment strategies of endocrine disrupters under regulations of the Ministry of the Environment of Japan - p. iii 33. Chapter 25: Methods to curb endocrine disrupting chemicals in Africa - p. iii 34. Chapter 26: Final thoughts on understanding animal vocalizations in the 21st century - p. iii 35. Index - p. iii
Neuroendocrine Regulation of Animal Vocalization: Mechanisms and Anthropogenic Factors in Animal Communication examines the underpinning neuroendocrine (NE) mechanisms that drive animal communication across taxa. Written by international subject experts, the book focuses on the importance of animal communication in survival and reproduction at an individual and species level, and the impact that increased production and accumulation of endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) can have on these regulatory processes.
This book discusses sound production, perception, processing, and response across a range of animals. This includes insects, fish, bats, birds, nonhuman primates, infant humans, and many others. Some chapters analyze how neuroactive substances, endocrine control, and chemical pollution affect the physiology of the animal’s perceptive and sound-producing organs, as well as their auditory and vocal receptors and pathways. Other chapters address the recent approaches governments have taken to protect against the endocrine disruption of animal (vocal) behaviors. The book is a valuable resource for researchers and advanced students seeking first-rate material on neuroendocrinological effects on animal behavior and communication.
1. Part I: Introduction - p. iii 2. Chapter 1: Neuroendocrine control of sound production and perception - p. iii 3. Part II: Sound Production and Perception - p. iii 4. Section A: Invertebrates - p. iii 5. Chapter 2: Regulation of acoustic sensory-to-motor processing in insects - p. iii 6. Chapter 3: Acoustic identification of insects based on cepstral data fusion and hidden Markov models - p. iii 7. Chapter 4: Acoustic/vibration behaviors in crustaceans - p. iii 8. Section B: Vertebrates - p. iii 9. Section B.1: Poikilothermic vertebrates - p. iii 10. Chapter 5: Vocal production in anurans - p. iii 11. Chapter 6: Endocrine modulation of acoustic communication: Xenopus laevis as a model system - p. iii 12. Chapter 7: Reptile sound production and perception - p. iii 13. Section B.2: Mammals - p. iii 14. Chapter 8: The role of sex hormones in human language development - p. iii 15. Chapter 9: From whispers to howling cries: Sound production and perception in nonhuman primates - p. iii 16. Chapter 10: Canine sound production, perception, and processing - p. iii 17. Chapter 11: Artiodactyl vocalization - p. iii 18. Chapter 12: Elephant sonic and infrasonic sound production, perception, and processing - p. iii 19. Chapter 13: Neuroendocrine control of vocalizations in rodents - p. iii 20. Chapter 14: The perception of acoustic signals and the hormonal control over acoustic communication in rodents - p. iii 21. Chapter 15: Vocalization in subterranean and fossorial rodents - p. iii 22. Chapter 16: Sonic and ultrasonic communication in bats: Acoustics, perception, and production - p. iii 23. Chapter 17: Sound production and propagation in cetaceans - p. iii 24. Chapter 18: Marsupial vocal communication: A review of vocal signal production, form, and function - p. iii 25. Section B.3: Birds - p. iii 26. Chapter 19: Neuroendocrine regulation of vocalizations and other sounds in nonsongbirds - p. iii 27. Chapter 20: Courtship vocalizations in nonsongbirds: Auditory and neuroendocrine mechanisms in intersexual communication - p. iii 28. Part III: The Biology and Politics of a Silent Spring - p. iii 29. Chapter 21: Endocrine disruptors and potential effects on communication in rodents and other species - p. iii 30. Chapter 22: Measures to curb endocrine-disrupting chemicals in the United States - p. iii 31. Chapter 23: Assessment of endocrine disruptors under European regulations - p. iii 32. Chapter 24: Assessment strategies of endocrine disrupters under regulations of the Ministry of the Environment of Japan - p. iii 33. Chapter 25: Methods to curb endocrine disrupting chemicals in Africa - p. iii 34. Chapter 26: Final thoughts on understanding animal vocalizations in the 21st century - p. iii 35. Index - p. iii
