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Science 18 October 2002:
Vol. 298. no. 5593, pp. 545 - 546
DOI: 10.1126/science.1075996
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ANIMAL BEHAVIOR:
Song Science from Physiology to Fitness

A review by Darryl T. Gwynne

Acoustic Communication in Insects and Anurans
Common Problems and Diverse Solutions
H. Carl Gerhardt and Franz Huber
University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2002. 543 pp. $100, £70. ISBN 0-226-28832-3. Paper, $35, £24.50. ISBN 0-226-28833-1.

Drawing on findings from a wind range of perspectives (including bioacoustics, behavior, neurophysiology, ethology, and evolutionary biology), the authors compare and contrast adaptations for acoustic communication in insects and frogs.
The author is in the Department of Zoology, University of Toronto at Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario L5L 1C6 Canada. Email: dgwynne{at}utm.utoronto.ca

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