This volume provides a comprehensive selection of recent studies addressing insect hearing and acoustic communication. The variety of signalling behaviours and

Insect Hearing provides a broadly based view of the functions, mechanisms, and evolution of hearing in insects. With a single exception, the chapters focus on p

While we may have always assumed that insects employ auditory communication, our understanding of it has been impeded by various technical challenges. In compar

Walk near woods or water on any spring or summer night and you will hear a bewildering (and sometimes deafening) chorus of frog, toad, and insect calls. How are

In order to communicate, animals send and receive signals that are subject to their particular anatomical, psychological, and environmental constraints. This SH