Ecology of sensing / Friedrich G. Barth, Axel Schmid (eds.)

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barth, Friedrich G., 1940-

Schmid, Axel. 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Senses and sensation.

Animal ecophysiology.

Physical Description:

xii, 341 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Springer, [2001]

Summary:

Sense organs serve as a kind of biological interface between the environment and the organism. Therefore, the relationship between sensory systems and ecology is very close and its knowledge of fundamental importance for an understanding of animal behavior. The sixteen chapters of this book exemplify the diversity of the constraints and opportunities associated with the sensation of stimuli representing different forms of energy. The book stresses the events taking place in the sensory periphery where the animal is exposed to and gets in touch with its natural habitat and acquires the information needed to organize its interaction with its environment. "Ecology of Sensing" brings together the leading experts in the field.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

3540669019

OCLC:

45556227