Signalers and receivers : mechanisms and evolution of arthropod communication / / Michael D. Greenfield
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| Autore: |
Greenfield Michael D
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| Titolo: |
Signalers and receivers : mechanisms and evolution of arthropod communication / / Michael D. Greenfield
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2002 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (427 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 573.9215 |
| 595/.159 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Arthropoda - Behavior |
| Animal communication | |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Previously issued in print: 2002. | |
| 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: | Because of their minute body size, most arthropods have problems sending and receiving acoustic and optical information. This book presents the story of how this group of animals use chemical signalling for sexual and social communication. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Signalers and receivers |
| ISBN: | 0-19-770200-7 |
| 1-280-83420-X | |
| 9786610834204 | |
| 0-19-535070-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910828941003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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