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The Songs of Insects : With Related Material on the Production, Propagation, Detection, and Measurement of Sonic and Supersonic Vibrations / George W. Pierce.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pierce, G. W. (George W.), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Geluid.
- Insect sounds.
- Insecten.
- Sound production by insects.
- Tiere (Zoologie).
- Sound--Recording and reproducing.
- Local Subjects:
- Insect sounds.
- Sound--Recording and reproducing.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (336 p.)
- Edition:
- Reprint 2014
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- I INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
- II PRELIMINARY EXPERIMENTS COLLECTION OF INSECTS LOCATED BY SOUND
- III MECHANISM OF SOUND PRODUCTION BY INSECTS
- IV APPARATUS AND METHODS
- V TABULATION OF INSECTS STUDIED
- VI CRICKETS
- VII CRICKETS
- VIII CRICKETS
- IX KATYDIDS
- X KATYDIDS
- XI LOCUSTS
- XII CICADAS
- XIII CALCULATION OF WING RESONANCE
- XIV BIRDS AND BATS
- APPENDIX THE PERFORMANCE OF THE APPARATUS
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)
- ISBN:
- 0-674-42066-7
- OCLC:
- 1013956995
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