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This monograph describes the directions of the structural evolution of the peripheral part of the auditory system in representatives of different ecological groups of mammals. Special attention is paid to the least studied orders of marine mammals (pinnipeds, cetaceans), being of great interest both with regards to the echolocating abilities in dolphins and the influence of the aquatic environment on the development of morphological adaptations in the structure of the outer, middle and inner ears.
Undertaken for the first time, a comparative embryological study of the peripheral part of the auditory system in marine mammals allowed the author to reveal the developmental pattern of the auditory and equilibrium organs in animals with a different auditory specialization. The influence of ecological factors on the adaptive trait development in the structural organization of the outer, middle and inner ears in semi-aquatic and aquatic species is discussed. The book is illustrated with a large number of high-quality micro-photos.
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Undertaken for the first time, a comparative embryological study of the peripheral part of the auditory system in marine mammals allowed the author to reveal the developmental pattern of the auditory and equilibrium organs in animals with a different auditory specialization. The influence of ecological factors on the adaptive trait development in the structural organization of the outer, middle and inner ears in semi-aquatic and aquatic species is discussed. The book is illustrated with a large number of high-quality micro-photos.
Other volumes in the Russian Academic Monographs series:
- Terrestrial Paleoecology and Global Change, Russian Academic Monographs, No 1
ISBN 978-954-642-153-7 (2003) Author: V.A. Krassilov
- Fish and Dolphin Swimming, Russian Academic Monographs, No 2
ISBN 978-954-642-150-2 (2002); Author: E.V. Romanenko
- Analytical Methods in Nonlinear Wave Theory, Russian Academic Monographs 3
ISBN 978-954-642-248-7 (2005) Author: I.A. Molotkov
- Riccati Equations, Russian Academic Monographs 5
ISBN 978-954-642-296-5 (2007); Author: A.I. Egorov
Available through our partner publisher Pensoft (www.pensoft.net).
Price: $202.00
Pages: 340
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Publication Date:
03 July 2007
ISBN: 9789004162020
Format: Hardcover
Galina N. Solntseva is a Professor at the Laboratory for Bioacoustics in the A. N. Severtsov, Institute of Ecology and Evolution Russian Academy of Sciences. She is a well-known specialist in the field of the evolutionary morphology of hearing. G.N. Solntseva has studied the peripheral part of the auditory system in representatives of different ecological groups of mammals for many years. She has taken part in numerous marine expeditions in the Black, Caspian, White Seas and in the Sea of Okhotsk in order to collect morphological material and this has allowed her to gather a unique (in terms of volume and species diversity) collection of morphological material on marine mammals. G.N. Solntseva is the author of more than a hundred scientific works in this field, including the monograph The Auditory System of Mammals (1979, Nauka publishing house).