Rodent Bioacoustics

Rodents are the largest of all mammalian taxa. Rodent studies have provided invaluable data about hearing. Thus, this volume provides an overview of what is known (and not known) about rodent bioacoustics. 



·        An Introduction to Rodent Bioacoustics

                Micheal L. Dent

·        Rodent Vocalizations: Adaptations to Physical, Social, and Sexual Factors

                Kazuo Okanoya and Laurel A. Screven

·        Three Decades of Subterranean Acoustic Communication Studies

                Cristian Schleich and Gabriel Francescoli

·        Hearing in Rodents

                Micheal L. Dent, Laurel A. Screven, and Anastasiya Kobrina

·        Rodent Sound Localization and Spatial Hearing

                Amanda M. Lauer, James H. Engel, Jr., and Katrina Schrode

·        Anatomy of Vocal Communication and Hearing in Rodents

                M. Fabiana Kubke and J. Martin Wild

·        Lessons from Rodent Models for Genetic and Age-Related Hearing Loss

                Kevin K. Ohlemiller

·        State and Context in Vocal Communication of Rodents

                Laura M. Hurley and Matina C. Kalcounis-Rueppell



Micheal L. Dent is Professor in the Department of Psychology at The State University of New York at Buffalo



Richard R. Fay is Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology at Loyola University Chicago



Arthur N. Popper is Professor Emeritus and Research Professor in the Department of

Biology at the University of Maryland, College Park