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Insect Clocks
Pergamon International Library of Science, Technology, Engineering and Social Studies
- 288 pages
- English
- PDF
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eBook - PDF
Insect Clocks
Pergamon International Library of Science, Technology, Engineering and Social Studies
About this book
Insect Clocks is mainly concerned with the phenomena in which ""environmental time"" has a practical implication for the life of insects for them to perform behavioral or physiological episodes at the ""right time"" and season. This text first discusses the concept of rhythms and clocks, along with the seasonal changes in the environment that affect a particular group of organisms. This book then explains circadian rhythms of insects. Photoperiodism and seasonal cycles of development; photoperiodic response, clock, and counter; and other types of insect clock are also tackled. This text concludes by explaining the anatomical location of photoreceptors and clocks. This publication will be invaluable to those interested in studying insects and their development affected by circles of influences.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Insect Clocks
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Introduction: Rhythms and clocks
- Chapter 2. Circadian rhythms of activity in individual insects
- Chapter 3. Circadian rhythms of activity in populations of insects
- Chapter 4. Circadian rhythms and physiology: The circadian system
- Chapter 5. Photoperiodism and seasonal cycles of development
- Chapter 6. The photoperiodic response
- Chapter 7. The photoperiodic clock
- Chapter 8. The photoperiodic counter
- Chapter 9. Other types of insect clock
- Chapter 10. The anatomical location of photoreceptors and clocks
- Appendix A. Glossary and list of symbols used to describe clock phenomena
- Appendix B. List of insects exhibiting rhythmic activity or photoperiodic control
- References
- Index