Description |
150 pages : illustrations (part color) ; 29 cm |
Note |
Translation of Signale in der Tierwelt. |
Contents |
How the eye controls an insect's movement / Dietrich Burkhardt -- Light-eyes and radiant heat-eyes / Dietrich Burkhardt -- Data processing in vision / Dietrich Burkhardt -- The ear as a signal receiver / Wolfgang Schleidt -- Owls : acoustic location / Dietrich Burkhardt -- Gravity orientation under water / Hermann Schöne -- Location by the nose / Helmut Altner -- Insect antennae / Dietrich Burkhardt -- The nerve as an electro-chemical conduction path / Dietrich Burkhardt -- Motor neurons / Dietrich Burkhardt -- The control circuit in aimed movement / Gernot Wendler -- Messenger substances in the organism : hormones / Helmut Altner -- From the third eye to a hormone gland : the pineal body / Helmut Altner -- How does a bee see colour? / Karl Daumer -- Flower colours as signals for insects and birds / Dietrich Burkhardt -- Orchids and mimicry / Wolfgang Wickler -- Echo location at night / Dietrich Burkhardt -- Electric location by fishes / Arthur A. Myrberg, Jr. -- How the salmon migrates / Helmut Altner -- The compass and the 'internal clock' of migrant birds / Klaus Hoffmann -- The language of bees / Maximilian Renner -- What signals will catch a male? / Maximilian Renner -- Grasshoppers' songs / Werner Jacobs -- How is a signal flag rolled up? / Dietrich Burkhardt and Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt -- Colour signals as a dynamic means of demarcating territory / Helmut Albrecht -- Friendly signals between fishes / Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt -- Noises under water / Arthur A. Myrberg, Jr. -- Luminous animals / Friedrich Schaller -- Turkey signals / Wolfgang Schleidt -- SIgnals and language as a basis for social behaviour / Dietrich Burkhardt -- Acoustic demarcation of territory / Johann Schwartzkopff -- Odour signals as a means of demarcating territory / Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt. |
Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 148-150. |
Subject |
Sense organs.
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Animal communication.
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Orientation.
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Added Author |
Schleidt, Wolfgang, author.
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Altner, Helmut, author.
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Added Title |
Signale in der Tierwelt. English
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