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Death-Feigning in Insects

Author : Masaki Sakai
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9813365986
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book Death-Feigning in Insects written by Masaki Sakai and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the mechanisms and functions of tonic immobility, the so-called death feigning behavior, or thanatosis, or animal hypnosis. The chapters cover the neurophysiological and experimental studies on insects, the functional significance of death-feigning, examination of the freezing and immobility behavior in insects through environment, physiology, genetics, and responses to ultrasound and vibration. It also covers tonic immobility and freezing behavior in fish from the perspective of vertebrates study. Tonic immobility is an interesting behavior that occurs reflexively in various animals under physical restraint by predators. The physiological mechanism of thanatosis was extensively investigated during 1960-1980. Researchers have proposed hypotheses to explain the mechanism underlying tonic immobility in vertebrates; local inhibition of the central nervous system, acceleration of the limbic system, abnormal control of the autonomic nervous system. On the other hand, the peripheral and central mechanisms of tonic immobility were intensely investigated at a behavioral and a neuronal level in stick insects and crickets. In the 1970s, behavioral ecology has shed light on the aspect of an ultimate factor for tonic immobility. Ethologists and ecologists challenged this matter in the laboratory and natural habitats, and have collected evidence for its functional roles using mainly insects such as beetles, moths, locusts. More recently, studies of tonic immobility in humans are drawing attention, as clinicians are trying to explain the defencelessness of rape victims from the viewpoint of animal hypnosis. This timely publication provides an understanding of the past and present research of the mechanisms and functions of tonic immobility. This book is intended for researchers and undergraduate/ graduate students in the field of zoology including physiology, ethology, ecology, and human behavior. It will also appeal to the public audience who has an interest in animal behavior, including human behavior.

Avoiding Attack

Author : Graeme D. Ruxton
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198528590
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book Avoiding Attack written by Graeme D. Ruxton and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-10-21 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses the evolution of the mechanisms by which prey avoid attack by their potential predators and questions how such defences are maintained through natural selection. Topics covered include camouflage, warning signals and mimicry.

Insect Behavior

Author : Alex Córdoba-Aguilar
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192518097
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)

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Download or read book Insect Behavior written by Alex Córdoba-Aguilar and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-07-19 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Insects display a staggering diversity of behaviors. Studying these systems provides insights into a wide range of ecological, evolutionary, and behavioral questions including the genetics of behavior, phenotypic plasticity, chemical communication, and the evolution of life-history traits. This accessible text offers a new approach that provides the reader with the necessary theoretical and conceptual foundations, at different hierarchical levels, to understand insect behavior. The book is divided into three main sections: mechanisms, ecological and evolutionary consequences, and applied issues. The final section places the preceding chapters within a framework of current threats to human survival - climate change, disease, and food security - before providing suggestions and insights as to how we can utilize an understanding of insect behavior to control and/or ameliorate them. Each chapter provides a concise, authoritative review of the conceptual, theoretical, and methodological foundations of each topic.

The Insect Man

Author : Eleanor Doorly
Publisher : Librorium Editions
ISBN 13 : 3961642656
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (616 download)

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Download or read book The Insect Man written by Eleanor Doorly and published by Librorium Editions. This book was released on 2019-10-10 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book intended for young and lively-minded childrenwhich implies, as I believe, that it might win a larger number of readers in proportion to the host available than if it were intended solely for intelligent adults. But there is no more precarious merchandise than books. What we most need and pine for in this we may, by ill chance, easily fail to come across.

Insects and Wildlife

Author : Dr John Capinera
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1444357840
Total Pages : 808 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (443 download)

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Download or read book Insects and Wildlife written by Dr John Capinera and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-09-13 with total page 808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Insects and Wildlife: Arthropods and their Relationships with Wild Vertebrate Animals provides a comprehensive overview of the interrelationships of insects and wildlife. It serves as an introduction to insects and other arthropods for wildlife management and other vertebrate biology students, and emphasizes the importance of insects to wild vertebrate animals. The book emphasizes how insects exert important influences on wildlife habitat suitability and wildlife population sustainability, including their direct and indirect effects on wildlife health. Among the important topics covered are: the importance of insects as food items for vertebrate animals; the role of arthropods as determinants of ecosystem health and productivity; the ability of arthropods to transmit disease-causing agents; an overview of representative disease-causing agents transmitted by arthropods; arthropods as pests and parasites of vertebrates; the hazards to wildlife associated with using using pesticides to protect against insect damage; insect management using techniques other than pesticides; the importance of insect conservation and how insects influence wildlife conservation.

The Biology of Dragonflies

Author : R. J. Tillyard
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Biology of Dragonflies written by R. J. Tillyard and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1917 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Memoirs of Black Entomologists

Author : Eric W. Riddick
Publisher : Entomological Society of America
ISBN 13 : 0977620999
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (776 download)

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Download or read book Memoirs of Black Entomologists written by Eric W. Riddick and published by Entomological Society of America. This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Memoirs of Black Entomologists: Reflections on Childhood, University, and Career Experiences brings together 20 black entomologists from the U.S. and around the world to share the stories of what drew them to the field, along with advice for black and minority students looking for a rewarding career in the entomological sciences.

Cheats and Deceits

Author : Martin Stevens
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191017604
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Cheats and Deceits written by Martin Stevens and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-02-04 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In nature, trickery and deception are widespread. Animals and plants mimic other objects or species in the environment for protection, trick other species into rearing their young, lure prey to their death, and deceive potential mates for reproduction. Cuckoos lay eggs carefully matched to their host's own clutch. Harmless butterflies mimic the wing patterning of a poisonous butterfly to avoid being eaten. The deep-sea angler fish hangs a glowing, fleshy lure in front of its mouth to draw the attention of potential prey, while some male fish alter their appearance to look like females in order to sneak past rivals in mating. Some orchids develop the smell of female insects in order to attract pollinators, while carnivorous plants lure insects to their death with colourful displays. In this book, Martin Stevens describes the remarkable range of such adaptations in nature, and considers how they have evolved, and become increasingly perfected as part of an arms race between predator and prey or host and parasite. He explores the work of naturalists and biologists from Alfred Russel Wallace to current research, showing how scientists find ways of testing the impact of particular behaviours and colourings on the animals it is meant to fool, as opposed to our human perceptions. Drawing on a wide range of examples, Stevens considers what deception tells us about the process of evolution and adaptation.

Scientific American

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Appleton's Popular Science Monthly

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 588 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)

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Popular Science Monthly and World's Advance

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (774 download)

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Download or read book Popular Science Monthly and World's Advance written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Popular Science Monthly

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Amazing Arachnids

Author : Jillian Cowles
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400890187
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Amazing Arachnids written by Jillian Cowles and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-12 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A richly illustrated and up-close look at the secret lives of spiders and other arachnids The American Southwest is home to an extraordinary diversity of arachnids, from spitting spiders that squirt silk over their prey to scorpions that court one another with kissing and dancing. Amazing Arachnids presents these enigmatic creatures as you have never seen them before. Featuring a wealth of color photos of more than 300 different kinds of arachnids from eleven taxonomic orders--both rare and common species—this stunningly illustrated book reveals the secret lives of arachnids in breathtaking detail, including never-before-seen images of their underground behavior. Amazing Arachnids covers all aspects of arachnid biology, such as anatomy, sociality, mimicry, camouflage, and venoms. You will meet bolas spiders that lure their victims with fake moth pheromones, fishing spiders that woo their mates with silk-wrapped gifts, chivalrous cellar spiders, tiny mites, and massive tarantulas, as well as many others. Along the way, you will learn why arachnids are living fossils in some respects and nimble opportunists in others, and how natural selection has perfected their sensory structures, defense mechanisms, reproductive strategies, and hunting methods. Covers more than 300 different kinds of arachnids, including ones new to science Features more than 750 stunning color photos Describes every aspect of arachnid biology, from physiology to biogeography Illustrates courtship and mating, birth, maternal care, hunting, and defense Includes first-ever photos of the underground lives of schizomids and vinegaroons Provides the first organized guide to macroscopic mites, including photos of living mites for easy reference

Mental Evolution in Animals

Author : George John Romanes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mental Evolution in Animals written by George John Romanes and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Forensic Entomology:Bugs & Bodies

Author : Sue L. Hamilton
Publisher : ABDO Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1617842745
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (178 download)

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Download or read book Forensic Entomology:Bugs & Bodies written by Sue L. Hamilton and published by ABDO Publishing Company. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces the fascinating world of forensic entomology.

Insects

Author : United States. Department of Agriculture
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 964 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Insects written by United States. Department of Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 964 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Aquatic Insects

Author : Kleber Del-Claro
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 303016327X
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Aquatic Insects written by Kleber Del-Claro and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-06-10 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a broad view of the ecology and behavior of aquatic insects, raising awareness of this conspicuous and yet little known fauna that inhabits inland waterbodies such as rivers, lakes and streams, and is particularly abundant and diverse in tropical ecosystems. The chapters address topics such as distribution, dispersal, territoriality, mating behavior, parental care and the role of sensory systems in the response to external and internal cues. In the context of ecology, it discusses aquatic insects as bio indicators that may be used to assess environmental disturbances, either in protected or urban areas, and provides insights into how genetic connectivity can support the development of novel conservation strategies. It also explores how aquatic insects can inspire solutions for various problems faced by modern society, presenting examples in the fields of material science, optics, sensorics and robotics.