@article{10.4159/harvard.9780674061026,
      recid = {1403919},
      author = {Himmelman, John.},
      title = {Cricket radio tuning in the night-singing insects /  [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,},
      address = {Cambridge, Mass. :},
      number = {10.4159/harvard.9780674061026},
      pages = {1 online resource (xi, 254 p., [48] p. of plates) :},
      year = {2011},
      abstract = {At a time when night-singing insects have slipped beyond  our notice-indeed, are more likely to be heard as  NatureSounds than in a backyard-John Himmelman seeks to  reconnect us to creatures whose songs form a part of our  own natural history.On warm summer evenings, night-singing  insects produce a whirring, chirping soundscape-a calming  aural tapestry celebrated by poets and naturalists for  millennia. But 0cricket radio0 is not broadcast for the  easy-listening pleasure of humans. The nocturnal songs of  insects are lures and warnings, full of risks and rewards  for these tiny competitive performers. What moves crickets  and katydids to sing, how they produce their distinctive  sounds, how they hear the songs of others, and how they  vary cadence, volume, and pitch to attract potential mates,  warn off competitors, and evade predators is part of the  engaging story Cricket Radio tells.Himmelman's narrative  weaves together his personal experiences as an amateur  naturalist in search of crickets and katydids with the  stories of scientists who study these insects  professionally. He also offers instructions for bringing a  few of the little singers into our homes and gardens. We  can, Himmelman suggests, be reawakened to these night songs  that have meant so much to the human psyche. The online  insect calls that accompany this colorfully illustrated  narrative provide a bridge of sound to our past and to our  vital connection with other species.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1403919},
}