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Sensory Systems and Communication in Arthropods

Including the First Comprehensive Collection of Contributions by Soviet Scientists

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  • © 1990

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Editors:
  1. F. G. Gribakin

    1. Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Leningrad, USSR

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  2. K. Wiese

    1. Zoologisches Institut, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg 13, Germany

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  3. A. V. Popov

    1. Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Leningrad, USSR

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Table of contents (70 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVIII
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  2. Systems of Olfactory Communication

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Morphological and Electrophysiological Characteristics of Insect Sensilla

      • Tatyana A. Belousova, Alexey Ye. Redkozubov
      Pages 3-9

    3. Neural Basis of Chemical Communication between Sexes in the American Cockroach, Periplaneta Americana

      • J. Boeckh
      Pages 10-15

    4. Conformations of American Cockroach Sex Pheromone and its Mimic

      • Maria B. Bykhovskaya, Boris S. Zhorov
      Pages 16-19

    5. Prey Specifity and Prey Recognition in the Digger Wasp Liris Niger Fabr.: The Importance of Close Range Chemical Cues

      • Werner Gnatzy, Sylvia Anton, Susanne Thier
      Pages 20-25

    6. Intra- and Interspecific Chemical Signals in the Termite Schedorhinotermes — Production sites, chemistry, and behaviour

      • Manfred Kaib
      Pages 26-32

    7. Effect of Lowered pO2 on Electrical Properties of the Antenna in Males of Periplaneta Americana

      • Sergei V. Kapitskii, Felix G. Gribakin
      Pages 33-39

    8. Termite Trail Pheromones: Specificity and Biosynthesis

      • Sergej G. Klochkov, Dmitrij P. Zhuzhikov
      Pages 40-43

    9. Fine Structural Features of Sensory Systems in Ticks and Mites: Evolutionary and Ethological Aspects

      • Sergej A. Leonovich
      Pages 44-48

    10. Receptor Potentials Recorded from Intact Olfactory Sensilla of the Male Silkmoth Antheraea Pernyi

      • Alexander V. Minor, Tatyana A. Belousova
      Pages 49-54

    11. Some Characteristics of Insect Pheromonal Communication

      • Algirdas Skirkevicius
      Pages 55-58

    12. Fine Structure of Antennal Contact Chemoreceptors after Cryofixation

      • Rudolf Alexander Steinbrecht, Jong-Kyoo Lee
      Pages 59-61

    13. Fine Structure of Insect Thermo-/Hygro-Sensitive Sensilla after Cryofixation

      • Rudolf Alexander Steinbrecht
      Pages 62-68

    14. Morphophysiological Properties of an Insect Pheromone Sensory System in Lepidopteran and Hymenopteran Specimens

      • Grazina Vaitkeviciene, Aukse Karaliene, Zuzana Skirkeviciene
      Pages 69-74

    15. Morphophysiological Peculiarities of an Insect Pheromone Sensory System in Lepidopteran and Hymenopteran Specimens

      • Grazina Vaitkeviciene, Aukse Karaliene, Zuzana Skirkeviciene
      Pages 75-78

  3. Systems of Visual Communication

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79
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    2. “White Eye” as a Model for Study of Optical Properties of Visual Pigments in Insects

      • Felix G. Gribakin
      Pages 81-85

    3. Natural and Genetically Engineered Visual Pigments of the Fly

      • K. Kirschfeld
      Pages 86-90

    4. Luminous Communicative Behaviour of the Luciola Mingrelica Fireflies (Coleoptera, Lampyridae)

      • Sergej B. Landa, Vadim Yu. Bolshakov, Evgenij A. Drobchenko, Semyon I. Peimer
      Pages 91-95
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Leningrad, USSR

    F. G. Gribakin, A. V. Popov

  • Zoologisches Institut, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg 13, Germany

    K. Wiese

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Sensory Systems and Communication in Arthropods

  • Book Subtitle: Including the First Comprehensive Collection of Contributions by Soviet Scientists

  • Editors: F. G. Gribakin, K. Wiese, A. V. Popov

  • Series Title: Advances in Life Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-6410-7

  • Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Basel AG 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-0348-6412-1Published: 11 April 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-0348-6410-7Published: 21 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 425

  • Number of Illustrations: 361 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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