Sensory evolution on the threshold : adaptations in secondarily aquatic vertebrates

著者

• Thewissen, J. G. M.
• Nummela, Sirpa

書誌事項

Sensory evolution on the threshold : adaptations in secondarily aquatic vertebrates

edited by J.G.M. Thewissen and Sirpa Nummela

University of California Press, c2008

注記

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

From crocodiles and penguins to seals and whales, this comprehensive and authoritative synthesis explores the function and evolution of sensory systems in animals whose ancestors lived on land. Together, the contributors explore the dramatic transformation of smell, taste, sight, hearing, balance, mechanoreception, magnetoreception, and electroreception that occurred as lineages of amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals returned to aquatic environments. Each chapter integrates data from fields including sensory physiology, anatomy, paleontology, and neurobiology. A one-stop source for information on the sense organs of secondarily aquatic tetrapods, "Sensory Evolution on the Threshold" sheds new light on both the evolution of aquatic vertebrates and the sensory biology of their astonishing transition.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB18114430
• ISBN:
  • 9780520252783
• LCCN: 2007039518
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Berkeley
• ページ数/冊数: vii, 351 p.
• 大きさ: 27 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : QL120
  • DC22 : 591.4
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Aquatic animals -- Sense organs
  • LCSH : Aquatic animals -- Adaptation
  • LCSH : Sense organs -- Evolution