Evolutionary Biology of Land Isopods

1. Front Matter

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2. Taxonomy

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3. The Integument and Moult

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4. The Brain, Endocrine Glands and Control of Physiological Functions

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5. Respiratory Organs and Respiration

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6. Excretory Organs and Excretion

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7. Water and Thermal Balances of Terrestrial Isopods

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8. The Gut, Hepatopancreas and Digestion

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9. Resource Utilization and Energy Expenditure

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10. Behavioural Responses

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11. Distribution Patterns of Isopod Species in Different Habitats

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12. The Reproductive System and Reproduction

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13. Population Structure and Fluctuation

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14. Conclusions

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15. Back Matter

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Already as a young boy, I used to walk with my late father, an ardent naturalist at heart, though to his regret not by profession, in the fields and woods on Mt. Carmel where we lived. My father, being largely an amateur ornithologist but also loving other vertebrates, was less inter­ ested in the little creatures(-the invertebrates) so abundant under stones. These were, more often then not, isopods which are particularly abundant in the Mediterranean region of northern Israel, and therefore not difficult to encounter (Fig. 1). Thus, my interest in the terrestrial isopods started at an early stage. Many years later, after graduating from the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, I worked as an assistant to my late friend and colleague, Professor Michael Costa, at the Teachers Seminary in Oranim. One day I found on my desk a copy of Edney's (1954) paper: Woodlice and the land habitat, which my friend left for me knowing of my interest in this group. Therefore, due to the stimulus of Edney's paper, and the many interesting questions it raised in my mind, I developed a lifelong interest in this amazing crustacean group. My research in the ecophysiology of this group followed to a large extent the directions formulated by Edney and Cloudsley-Thompson whose name will be mentioned throughout this book. I am also indebted to the many stimulating discussions with my friends and colleagues C. S. Crawford, K. E. Linsenmair, and E.

• Asseln
• Behaviour
• Crustacea
• Isopoda
• Oniscidea
• Verhalten
• behavior
• biology
• ecophysiology
• evolution
• evolutionary biology
• invertebrates
• physiology

• Technion, Department of Biology, Technion City, Haifa, Israel

  Michael R. Warburg

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