ReviewHearing research2015
Sound localization in the alligator.
Review in Hearing research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.
- Temporal integration and decision-making in crocodiles.Biology open · 2025Article
- Gharial acoustic signaling: Novel underwater pops are temporally based, context-dependent, seasonally stable, male-specific, and individually distinctive.Journal of anatomy · 2025Article
- Exploring force-driven stochastic folding dynamics in mechano-responsive proteins and implications in phenotypic variation.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Biological relevance and methodological implications of unexpected hearing thresholds in a diving bird.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- First photon-counting detector computed tomography in the living crocodile: a 3D-Imaging study with special reference to amphibious hearing.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2024Article
- Sound categorization by crocodilians.iScience · 2023Article
- Spatial release from masking in crocodilians.Communications biology · 2022Article
- Weakening of interaction networks with aging in tip-link protein induces hearing loss.The Biochemical journal · 2021Article
- Influence of head morphology and natural postures on sound localization cues in crocodilians.Royal Society open science · 2019Article
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- Evolution of Sound Source Localization Circuits in the Nonmammalian Vertebrate Brainstem.Brain, behavior and evolution · 2017Article
- Coupled ears in lizards and crocodilians.Biological cybernetics · 2016Review
- Sound Localization Strategies in Three Predators.Brain, behavior and evolution · 2015Review
- Ontogeny of the Middle-Ear Air-Sinus System in Alligator mississippiensis (Archosauria: Crocodylia).PloS one · 2015Article
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Abstract
In early tetrapods, it is assumed that the tympana were acoustically coupled through the pharynx and therefore inherently directional, acting as pressure difference receivers. The later closure of the middle ear cavity in turtles, archosaurs, and mammals is a derived condition, and would have changed the ear by decoupling the tympana. Isolation of the middle ears would then have led to selection for structural and neural strategies to compute sound source localization in both archosaurs and mammalian ancestors. In the archosaurs (birds and crocodilians) the presence of air spaces in the skull provided connections between the ears that have been exploited to improve directional hearing, while neural circuits mediating sound localization are well developed. In this review, we will focus primarily on directional hearing in crocodilians, where vocalization and sound localization are thought to be ecologically important, and indicate important issues still awaiting resolution.
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