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Signalers and receivers : mechanisms and evolution of arthropod communication / Michael D. Greenfield.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Greenfield, Michael D., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arthropoda--Behavior.
- Arthropoda.
- Animal communication.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (427 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Previously issued in print: 2002.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-770200-7
- 1-280-83420-X
- 9786610834204
- 0-19-535070-7
- OCLC:
- 476258191
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