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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451368903321

Autore

Greenfield Michael D

Titolo

Signalers and receivers [[electronic resource] ] : mechanisms and evolution of arthropod communication / / Michael D. Greenfield

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2002

ISBN

1-280-83420-X

9786610834204

0-19-535070-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (427 p.)

Disciplina

573.9215

595/.159

Soggetti

Arthropoda - Behavior

Animal communication

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-386) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Symbols; 1. Communication in a Lilliputian World; 2. Signal Theory and the Language of Communication; 3. Chemical Signaling and the Olfactory Channel; 4. Sound and Vibration and the Mechanical Channel; 5. Bioluminescence and Reflected Light and the Visual Channel; 6. Sexual Selection and the Evolution of Signals; 7. Signal Evolution: Modification and Diversification; Notes; References; Glossary; Taxonomic Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

List of Symbols. 1. Communication in a Lilliputian World. 2. Signal Theory and the Language of Communication. 3. Chemical Signaling and the Olfactory Channel. 4. Sound and Vibration and the Mechanical Channel. 5. Bioluminescence and Reflected Light and the Visual Channel. 6. Sexual Selection and the Evolution of Signals. 7. Signal Evolution: Modification and Diversification. Notes. References. Glossary. Taxonomic Index. Subject Index