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Coding of Mechanical Stimuli in Crustaceans — What and Why?

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Frontiers in Crustacean Neurobiology

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Sensory systems are not perfect instruments for the measurement of physical quantities but are shaped by natural selection to serve the needs of the animal. Thus in order to understand fully the perceptive capabilities of animals one has to ask the biological relevance in addition to the questions, “what is perceived” and “how is it done”. Vibratory communication in fiddler crabs and the directionality of mechanosensory interneurons in crayfish are used to investigate two theses on the match between stimulus coding capabilities in animals and their physical environment.

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  1. Fakultät für Biologie, Universität Konstanz, Postfach 5560, D-7750, Konstanz, Federal Republic of Germany

    Jürgen Tautz

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  1. Zoologisches Institut, Universität Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King Platz 3, D-2000, Hamburg 13, Germany

    K. Wiese

  2. Zoologisches Institut, Universität Basel, Rheinsprung 9, CH-4051, Basel, Switzerland

    W.-D. Krenz

  3. Fakultät für Biologie, Universität Konstanz, Postfach 5560, D-7750, Konstanz, Germany

    J. Tautz

  4. Laboratoire de Neurobiologie, Département de Biologie Animale, Université de Genève, 20, rue Ecole de Médecine, CH-1211, Genève 4, Switzerland

    H. Reichert

  5. Zoology Department, University of California at Davis, 95616, Davis, CA, USA

    B. Mulloney

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Tautz, J. (1990). Coding of Mechanical Stimuli in Crustaceans — What and Why?. In: Wiese, K., Krenz, WD., Tautz, J., Reichert, H., Mulloney, B. (eds) Frontiers in Crustacean Neurobiology. Advances in Life Sciences. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-5689-8_23

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