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UNINA9910819075903321 |
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Titolo |
The biology of wetas, king crickets and their allies / / edited by L.H. Field |
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Wallingford, Oxon., UK ; ; New York, N.Y., USA, : CABI Pub., c2001 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-81173-0 |
9786610811731 |
0-85199-782-1 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (560 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Anostostomatidae |
Jerusalem crickets |
Gryllacrididae |
Rhaphidophoridae |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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