The Insects: Structure and FunctionCambridge University Press, 2013 - 929 páginas Machine generated contents note: List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Prologue / George C. McGavin; Part I. The Head, Ingestion, Utilization and Distribution of Food: 1. Head / Stephen J. Simpson; 2. Mouthparts and feeding / Stephen J. Simpson; 3. Alimentary canal, digestion and absorption / Angela E. Douglas; 4. Nutrition / Angela E. Douglas and Stephen J. Simpson; 5. Circulatory system, blood and the immune system / Angela E. Douglas and Michael T. Siva-Jothy; 6. Fat body / Deborah K. Hoshizaki; Part II. The Thorax and Locomotion: 7. Thorax / Graham K. Taylor; 8. Legs and locomotion / Graham K. Taylor; 9. Wings and flight / Graham K. Taylor; 10. Muscles / John C. Sparrow; Part III. The Abdomen, Reproduction and Development: 11. Abdomen / Leigh W. Simmons; 12. Reproductive system: male / Leigh W. Simmons; 13. Reproductive system: female / Leigh W. Simmons; 14. The egg and embryology / Michael R. Strand; 15. Postembryonic development / Stuart Reynolds; Part IV. The Integument, Gas Exchange and Homeostasis: 16. Integument / Hans Merzendorfer; 17. Gaseous exchange / Jon F. Harrison and Lutz Thilo Wasserthal; 18. Excretion and salt and water regulation / Julian Dow; 19. Thermal relations / John S. Terblanche; Part V. Communication; Section 1. Physiological Co-ordination within the Insect: 20. Nervous system / Stephen Rogers; 21. Endocrine system / Stuart Reynolds; Section 2. Perception of the Environment: 22. Vision / Michael F. Land and Lars Chittka; 23. Mechanoreception / Tom Matheson; 24. Chemoreception / Bronwen Cribb and David Merritt; Section 3. Communication with other Organisms: 25. Visual signals: colour and light production / Peter Vukusic and Lars Chittka; 26. Mechanical communication: producing sound and substrate vibrations / Ralf Heinrich; 27. Chemical communication: pheromones and chemicals with interspecific significance / Jeremy McNeil and Jocelyn G. Millar; Taxonomic index; Subject index. |
Contenido
Head | 3 |
Mouthparts and feeding | 15 |
Alimentary canal digestion and absorption | 46 |
Nutrition | 81 |
Circulatory system blood and the immune system | 107 |
Fat body | 132 |
Thorax | 149 |
Legs and locomotion | 157 |
Integument | 463 |
Gaseous exchange | 501 |
Excretion and salt and water regulation | 546 |
Thermal relations | 588 |
Nervous system | 625 |
Endocrine system | 674 |
Vision | 708 |
Mechanoreception | 738 |
Wings and flight | 193 |
Muscles | 233 |
Abdomen | 269 |
Reproductive system male | 282 |
Reproductive system female | 313 |
The egg and embryology | 347 |
Postembryonic development | 398 |
Chemoreception | 771 |
Visual signals color and light production | 793 |
Mechanical communication producing sound and substrate vibrations | 824 |
Chemical communication pheromones and allelochemicals | 857 |
901 | |
Términos y frases comunes
abdominal segments action potentials activity adult amino acids antennae axons basal bees beetles behavior butterfly cells chemical chorion cockroach Coleoptera color compounds cuticle cuticular dendrite diapause Diptera distal dorsal Drosophila ecdysis ecdysteroid eclosion eggs embryo enzymes epidermis example fat body feeding female fibers Figure flies flight muscles flow fluid fly frequency function ganglion genes glands grasshoppers hairs hemimetabolous Hemiptera hemocoel hemolymph holometabolous hormone Hymenoptera increase innervated insects interneurons juvenile hormone larvae layer legs Lepidoptera lipid lobes locust male Malpighian tubules Manduca mechanisms membrane metabolic midgut molt moth motor neurons mouthparts movement nerve nervous system occur oocyte organs Orthoptera ovarioles oxygen pattern peptides pheromone Physiology pigment posterior produced protein pupa pupal receptor reflecting regulation release response rhabdom Schistocerca sclerotized Section sensilla sensory signals species sperm spermatophore spiracles stage stimulation structure surface synapses synthesis temperature tergum thorax tibia tissues tracheal ventral wing yolk