EDITORIAL REVIEWS -
ARTHROPOD BIOACOUSTICS
BOOKNEWS
Recent technical developments have made it relatively simple to listen to and
record the signals arthropods make, including the messages sent by species whose
transmittals are inaudible without aid. Ewing (zoology, U. of Edinburgh) covers
the biophysics of sound and vibration, the mechanisms of sound production,
receptor mechanisms, the neuroethology of sound reception and sound production,
and interspecific acoustic communication. Other chapters deal with calling,
courtship, and aggressive songs; social arthropods; the genetics and evolution
of song; and bioacoustic methods. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
(booknews.com)