Table of Contents

I. Introduction

1. Neuroendocrine control of sound production and perception

II. Sound production and perception

Section A: Invertebrates

2. Acoustic identification of insects based on cepstral data fusion and hidden Markov models 3. Sound production and perception in invertebrates: Regulation of acoustic sensory-to-motor processing in insects 4. Acoustic/vibration behaviors in crustaceans

Section B: Vertebrates

5. Vocal production in anurans 6. Endocrine modulation of acoustic communication: Xenopus laevis as a model system 7. Reptile sound production and perception

Section C: Mammals

8. The role of sex hormones in human language development 9. From whispers to howling cries: Sound production and perception in nonhuman primates 10. Canine sound production, perception, and processing 11. Artiodactyl vocalization 12. Neuroendocrine controls of vocalizations in rodents 13. The perception of acoustic signals and the hormonal control over acoustic communication in rodents 14. Vocalization in subterranean and fossorial rodents 15. Sonic and ultrasonic communication in bats: Acoustics, perception, and production 16. Sound production and propagation in cetaceans 17. Elephant sonic and infrasonic sound production, perception, and processing 18. Marsupial vocal communication: A review of vocal signal production, form, and function

Section D: Birds

19. Neuroendocrine regulation of vocalizations and other sounds in nonsongbirds 20. Courtship vocalizations in nonsongbirds: Auditory and neuroendocrine mechanisms in intersexual communication

III. The biology and politics of a silent spring

21. Endocrine disrupters and potential effects on vocalization: Behaviors in rodents and other species 22. Measures to curb endocrine-disrupting chemicals in the United States

Section E: Current steps other countries are taking to minimize exposure of wildlife (and humans) to EDCs

23. Assessment of endocrine disrupters under European regulations 24. Assessment strategies of endocrine disrupters under regulations of the ministry of the environment of Japan 25. Africa 26. Final thoughts on understanding animal vocalizations in the 21st century

About the Author

Cheryl S. Rosenfeld, DVM, PhD, has published extensively on how maternal diet and developmental exposure to endocrine-disrupting compounds affect offspring outcomes. She has written several review articles and book chapters, including the most recent one on animal models of transgenerational epigenetic effects in Transgenerational Epigenetics: Evidence and Debate, published by Elsevier. She also edited and coauthored the book The Epigenome and Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, which won the BMA Medical Award for Basic and Clinical Sciences in 2016. Frauke Hoffmann received her Dr. rer. nat. in 2012 at the Humboldt University of Berlin and the Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, focusing on animal communication and EDC effects on vocalizations. She is currently a senior scientific officer at the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment.

Reviews

"The editors have done an excellent job of collecting reviews from researchers that offer perspectives on this topic for both invertebrates and vertebrates." --Quarterly Review of Biology