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Intro; Dedication; Acoustical Society of America; Series Preface; Springer Handbook of Auditory Research; Preface 1992; Volume Preface; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: An Introduction to Rodent Bioacoustics; 1.1 Introduction; 1.1.1 The Evolution and Lifestyles of Rodents; 1.1.2 Rodent Auditory Behavior; 1.1.3 Laboratory Rodent Bioacoustics; 1.2 Rodent Vocalizations; 1.3 Subterranean Communication; 1.4 Hearing; 1.5 Sound Localization and Spatial Hearing; 1.6 Anatomy of Vocal Communication and Hearing; 1.7 Rodent Models for Genetic and Age-Related Hearing Loss.
1.8 State and Context in Vocal Communication1.9 Summary; References; Chapter 2: Rodent Vocalizations: Adaptations to Physical, Social, and Sexual Factors; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Physical Factors; 2.2.1 Living in the Burrow; 2.2.2 Vegetation and Pitch of Vocalizations; 2.3 Social Factors; 2.3.1 Isolation Calls; 2.3.2 Contact or Signature Calls; 2.3.3 Alarm Calls; 2.3.4 Expression of Affect; 2.3.4.1 Aversive Calls; 2.3.4.2 Appetitive Calls; 2.3.4.3 Agonistic Calls; 2.3.4.4 Affective Contagion; 2.3.5 Song-Like Vocalizations in Social Contexts; 2.4 Sexual Factors.
2.4.1 Vocalizations Involved in Mating2.4.2 Mating Song and Infant Babbles in Degus and Naked Mole Rats; 2.4.3 Song and Sexual Selection; 2.5 Plasticity of Rodent Vocalizations; 2.5.1 Production Learning; 2.5.2 Usage and Perceptual Learning; 2.6 Interactions of Physical, Social, and Sexual Factors; 2.7 Neural Mechanisms Underlying Call Production and Perception; 2.7.1 Neural Mechanisms Underlying Mouse Song; 2.7.2 Neural Mechanisms Underlying Rat Calls; 2.7.3 Neural Mechanisms Underlying Guinea Pig Calls; 2.8 The Evolution of Rodent Vocalizations; 2.8.1 Respiration Sounds as Signals.
2.8.2 Use of the Ultrasonic Range2.8.3 Origin of Rodent Isolation Vocalizations; 2.8.4 Origin of Rodent Alarm Vocalizations; 2.8.5 Evolution of Vocalizations; 2.9 Summary; References; Chapter 3: Three Decades of Subterranean Acoustic Communication Studies; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Communication and Burrow Acoustics Studies; 3.3 Acoustic Signals; 3.3.1 Vocalizations; 3.3.1.1 Agonistic Calls; 3.3.1.2 Mating and Reproductive Vocalizations; 3.3.1.3 Distress and Contact Calls; 3.3.1.4 Juvenile Calls; 3.3.1.5 Vocalizations Summary; 3.3.2 Seismic Communication.
3.4 Linking Social Organization and Vocal Repertoires3.4.1 Defining Social and Vocal Complexity; 3.4.2 Social Species Compared to Solitary Species; 3.4.3 Similarities and Differences in the Vocal Repertoires of Social Groups; 3.5 Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 4: Hearing in Rodents; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Absolute Sensitivity; 4.3 Frequency Selectivity; 4.3.1 Critical Ratios and Critical Bands; 4.3.2 Simultaneous and Nonsimultaneous Masking; 4.3.3 Notched-Noise Masking; 4.4 Frequency Discrimination; 4.5 Intensity Discrimination; 4.6 Temporal Resolution; 4.6.1 Temporal Summation.
1.8 State and Context in Vocal Communication1.9 Summary; References; Chapter 2: Rodent Vocalizations: Adaptations to Physical, Social, and Sexual Factors; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Physical Factors; 2.2.1 Living in the Burrow; 2.2.2 Vegetation and Pitch of Vocalizations; 2.3 Social Factors; 2.3.1 Isolation Calls; 2.3.2 Contact or Signature Calls; 2.3.3 Alarm Calls; 2.3.4 Expression of Affect; 2.3.4.1 Aversive Calls; 2.3.4.2 Appetitive Calls; 2.3.4.3 Agonistic Calls; 2.3.4.4 Affective Contagion; 2.3.5 Song-Like Vocalizations in Social Contexts; 2.4 Sexual Factors.
2.4.1 Vocalizations Involved in Mating2.4.2 Mating Song and Infant Babbles in Degus and Naked Mole Rats; 2.4.3 Song and Sexual Selection; 2.5 Plasticity of Rodent Vocalizations; 2.5.1 Production Learning; 2.5.2 Usage and Perceptual Learning; 2.6 Interactions of Physical, Social, and Sexual Factors; 2.7 Neural Mechanisms Underlying Call Production and Perception; 2.7.1 Neural Mechanisms Underlying Mouse Song; 2.7.2 Neural Mechanisms Underlying Rat Calls; 2.7.3 Neural Mechanisms Underlying Guinea Pig Calls; 2.8 The Evolution of Rodent Vocalizations; 2.8.1 Respiration Sounds as Signals.
2.8.2 Use of the Ultrasonic Range2.8.3 Origin of Rodent Isolation Vocalizations; 2.8.4 Origin of Rodent Alarm Vocalizations; 2.8.5 Evolution of Vocalizations; 2.9 Summary; References; Chapter 3: Three Decades of Subterranean Acoustic Communication Studies; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Communication and Burrow Acoustics Studies; 3.3 Acoustic Signals; 3.3.1 Vocalizations; 3.3.1.1 Agonistic Calls; 3.3.1.2 Mating and Reproductive Vocalizations; 3.3.1.3 Distress and Contact Calls; 3.3.1.4 Juvenile Calls; 3.3.1.5 Vocalizations Summary; 3.3.2 Seismic Communication.
3.4 Linking Social Organization and Vocal Repertoires3.4.1 Defining Social and Vocal Complexity; 3.4.2 Social Species Compared to Solitary Species; 3.4.3 Similarities and Differences in the Vocal Repertoires of Social Groups; 3.5 Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 4: Hearing in Rodents; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Absolute Sensitivity; 4.3 Frequency Selectivity; 4.3.1 Critical Ratios and Critical Bands; 4.3.2 Simultaneous and Nonsimultaneous Masking; 4.3.3 Notched-Noise Masking; 4.4 Frequency Discrimination; 4.5 Intensity Discrimination; 4.6 Temporal Resolution; 4.6.1 Temporal Summation.