Overview
- Presents a comprehensive overview of the past and present research on Death-Feigning
- Examines the behaviour of Death-feigning from the aspects of mechanisms and functions
- Appeals to not only zoologists and students but also to non-researchers who are interested in animal and human behavior
Part of the book series: Entomology Monographs (ENTMON)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
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 appealto the public audience who has an interest in animal behavior, including human behavior.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Emeritus Professor of Okayama University
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Death-Feigning in Insects
Book Subtitle: Mechanism and Function of Tonic Immobility
Editors: Masaki Sakai
Series Title: Entomology Monographs
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6598-8
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-33-6597-1Published: 08 April 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-33-6600-8Published: 09 April 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-981-33-6598-8Published: 30 March 2021
Series ISSN: 2522-526X
Series E-ISSN: 2522-5278
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 181
Number of Illustrations: 40 b/w illustrations, 16 illustrations in colour
Topics: Entomology, Animal Physiology, Behavioral Sciences, Animal Ecology, Animal Biochemistry