动物的感觉系统：生物学与行为学

English | 2024 | ISBN: 9781003362319 | 265 pages | True PDF | 7.1 MB

Perception in animals is a fascinating and challenging subject that calls to students from many disciplines. The aim of this book is to provide a knowledge base and unifying perspective on the field that will enable beginning researchers to chart their own course within it. The author describes, in a systematic but engaging way, the sensory systems of humans and other vertebrates, as well as arthropods and molluscs.

Why is it important to understand the senses of animals? One reason is that human activities are changing the perceptual world of animals in ways that expose them to danger. From bright outdoor lighting disorienting migrating birds to human sonar driving whales to beach themselves; it is becoming increasingly important to find ways to reduce such dangers. This will require big changes in human behavior, and greater understanding of how animals react, physiologically and behaviorally, to anthropogenic changes in their environment.

The emphasis throughout is on research, in both the behavioral/ethological and neuroscientific traditions, that has led to important discoveries. The functional anatomy of each system, from receptor cells to brain areas, is succinctly described, explaining how it underlies the animal’s sensory abilities and behavior. Overall descriptions of a sense for a class of animals (for example, hearing in arachnids) are interspersed with expanded coverage of that sense in a particular animal, such as the ogre-faced web-casting spider that does a backflip to capture an insect buzzing overhead. Evolutionary themes are found throughout the book, for example in describing the development of the vertebrate ear, and in the convergent evolution of the eyes of vertebrates and cephalopods.

With over 500 references and 80 illustrations, this textbook is primary reading intended for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students of veterinary science, lab animal science, and zoology. It would also be of great interest to professionals and academics working with animals such as veterinary professionals and zookeepers.

动物感知是一个既迷人又具有挑战性的主题，吸引了众多学科的学生。这本书的目的是为该领域提供知识基础和统一视角，使初学者能够在此基础上自行探索。作者以系统而引人入胜的方式描述了人类及其他脊椎动物、节肢动物和软体动物的感觉系统。 为什么了解动物的感觉很重要？一个原因是人类活动正在以一种使人暴露于危险的方式改变着动物的感知世界。从户外灯光导致迁徙鸟类迷路到人类使用声呐使鲸鱼误入海滩；保护这种危险行为变得越来越重要。这将需要对人类行为进行重大改变，以及更加了解动物在环境发生人为变化时生理和行为上的反应。 全书重点放在了在行为/生态学传统和神经科学传统的研究上，这些研究已经产生了重要的发现。每个系统从感受器细胞到大脑区域的功能解剖被简洁描述，解释它如何支持动物的感知能力和行为。书中会穿插对某种动物（例如蛛形纲动物听觉）的一般性描述，并增加对该种动物特定感觉的详细介绍，如臭脸蜘蛛以倒立姿势捕获上空嗡嗡作响的昆虫。 全书还包含了大量的进化主题，比如在描述脊椎动物耳部的发展过程中，在描述脊椎动物和软体动物眼睛的同源演化过程时都能找到它们的身影。 本书包含超过500个参考文献和80幅插图，这本教科书是高级本科生和兽医科学、实验动物科学及生物学研究生的首要阅读材料。它也将对从事动物工作的专业人士和学者感兴趣，如兽医专业人士和动物园管理员。

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