Signalers and Receivers - Mechanisms and Evolution of Arthropod Communication

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 - pheromones, sound, vibration, and light - for sexual and social communication.

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• Authors: Michael D. Greenfield, Michael D. (Professor of Biological Sc Greenfield, Michael D. (Professor of Biological Sciences Greenfield, Greenfield Michael D.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2002
• EAN: 9780195134520
• ISBN: 978-0-19-513452-0
• No. of pages: 426
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General, Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Entomology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Invertebrates, Animal behaviour, Animal Physiology, Ethology and animal behaviour, Zoology and animal sciences, Zoology: invertebrates