1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455602303321

Titolo

The biology of wetas, king crickets and their allies [[electronic resource] /] / edited by L.H. Field

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wallingford, Oxon., UK ; ; New York, N.Y., USA, : CABI Pub., c2001

ISBN

1-280-81173-0

9786610811731

0-85199-782-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (560 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FieldL. H (Laurence H.)

Disciplina

595.726

Soggetti

Anostostomatidae

Jerusalem crickets

Gryllacrididae

Rhaphidophoridae

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Part I Systematics and Biogeography; 1 The Higher Classification, Phylogeny and Evolution of the Superfamily Stenopelmatoidea; 2 Habitats and Biogeography of New Zealand's Deinacridine and Tusked Weta Species; 3 North and Central America Jerusalem Crickets (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae): Taxonomy, Distribution, Life Cycle, Ecology and Related Biology of the American Species; 4 South African King Crickets (Anostostomatidae); 5 Australian King Crickets: Distribution, Habitats and Biology (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae)

6 The Gryllacrididae: An Overview of the World Fauna with Emphasis on Australian Examples7 The Evolutionary History of Tree Weta: A Genetic Approach; Part II Morphology and Anatomy; 8 Morphology and Anatomy of New Zealand Wetas; 9 Morphometric Analysis of Hemideina spp. in New Zealand; 10 Sexual Selection and Secondary Sexual Characters of Wetas and King Crickets; 11 Anatomy, Development and Behaviour of the Chilean Red Cricket, Cratomelus armatus Bl.; Part III Ecology; 12 The Ecology of Some Large Weta Species in New Zealand



13 The Gallery-related Ecology of New Zealand Tree Wetas, Hemideina femorata and Hemideina crassidens (Orthoptera, Anostostomatidae)14 Parasites of Anostostomatid Insects; Part IV Behaviour; 15 Stridulatory Mechanisms and Associated Behaviour in New Zealand Wetas; 16 Defence Behaviour; 17 Mating Behaviour; 18 Aggression Behaviour in New Zealand Tree Wetas; 19 Communication and Reproductive Behaviour in North American Jerusalem Crickets (Stenopelmatus) (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae)

Appendix A: Effect of Temperature on Drumming Rates of Jerusalem Crickets (Stenopelmatus: Stenopelmatidae: Orthoptera)Part V Reproduction and Development; 20 The Reproductive Biology and the Eggs of New Zealand Anostostomatidae; 21 Postembryonic Development and Related Changes; Part VI Physiology; 22 Sensory Physiology; 23 Neuromuscular Physiology and Motor Control; 24 Circadian Rhythms in Tree Wetas, Hemideina thoracica; 25 Haemolymph Physiology; Part VII Conservation of Endangered Species; 26 Conservation of Threatened Species of Weta (Orthoptera: Anastostomatidae) in New Zealand; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Wetas are native to New Zealand and in evolutionary terms are insect ''dinosaurs'' within the Orthoptera. Related species occur in South Africa, Australia, North America and to a lesser extent, Europe. This book brings together all known information on these groups.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910231249003321

Titolo

Sludge treatment and disposal / / Cleverson Vitorio Andreoli, Marcos von Sperling and Fernando Fernandes (editors)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : IWA Publishing, , 2007

ISBN

1-68015-589-X

1-78040-213-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Collana

Biological wastewater treatment series ; ; volume 6

Disciplina

628.364

Soggetti

Sewage sludge

Sewage disposal

Sewage - Purification

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.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910705475703321

Autore

Mueller James L.

Titolo

SeaWiFS technical report series . Volume 25 Ocean optics protocols for Sea WiFS validation / / James L. Mueller and Roswell W. Austin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Greenbelt, Maryland : , : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, , 1995

Edizione

[Revision 1.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vi, 67 pages) : illustrations

Collana

NASA technical memorandum ; ; 104566, vol. 25

Soggetti

Chlorophyll

Oceanography

Remote sensing

Remote-sensing images

Calibrating

Chlorophylls

Field of view

Ocean color scanner

Optical properties

Radiometers

Remote sensors

Satellite imagery

Underwater optics

Water color

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed June 2, 2014).

"February 1995."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 63-67).