The Physiology of Insecta

The Physiology of Insecta, Second Edition, Volume II, is part of a multivolume treatise that brings together the known facts, the controversial material, and the many still unsolved and unsettled problems of insect physiology. Since the first edition of this multivolume treatise was published, there has been a notable expansion of scientific endeavor in each of the various aspects of insect physiology. The original three-volume work has now grown to a thoroughly revised six-volume treatise.
The book contains nine chapters that focus on the impact of environmental factors on the physiology of insects. The first chapter discusses the influence of temperature on insects, with attention to aspects likely to be of significance in relation to the rate at which individuals are born and die in natural populations. Separate chapters follow on the effects of humidity and radiation. Subsequent chapters deal with insect chemoreception and mechanorception; visual system, with a focus on compound eyes; sound production and the behavior associated with it; luminous insects; and the role of internal circadian oscillations in the life of insects with respect to the ""day"" outside, and on the role of the circadian system in biological time measurement.

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List of Contributors
Preface
Preface to First Edition
Contents of Other Volumes
Part A The Insect and the External Environment. I. Environmental Aspects
Chapter 1. Environmental Aspects-Temperature
I. Temperature in Relation to the Rate of Birth
II. Temperature in Relation to the Rate of Death
III. The Temperature of Insects
IV. Temperatures of the Environment
V. The Effect of Temperature on Insect Populations
VI. Conclusions
References
Chapter 2. Environmental Aspects-Humidity
I. Humidity in Relation to the Rate of Birth
II. The Water Balance of Insects
III. Humidity in Relation to the Rate of Death
IV. Humidities in the Environment
V. The Behavior of Insects in Relation to Humidity
VI. The Effect of Humidity on Insect Populations
References
Chapter 3. Environmental Aspects: Radiation
I. Introduction
II. Action by Excitation
III. Action by Ionization
IV. Concluding Remarks
References
Part B The Insect and the External Environment. II. Reaction and Interaction
Chapter 4. Chemoreception
I. Introduction
II. Anatomical Basis of Chemoreception
III. Electrophysiology
IV. Mechanisms of Excitation
V. Correlations between Receptor Functions and Behavior
References
Chapter 5. The Visual System of Insects
I. Introduction
II. The Structural Organization of Compound Eyes
III. Electrical Activity in the Periphery
IV. Optics and Image Formation
V. Physiology of the Visual Process
VI. Ocelli
VII. Epilogue
References
Chapter 6. Mechanoreception
I. Introduction
II. Stimuli and Receptors
III. The Various Mechanical Senses
References
Chapter 7. Sound Production
I. Introduction
II. Sound-Producing Mechanisms
III. Sound Production
IV. Acoustic Behavior
V. Application of Insect Sounds to Control
References
Chapter 8. Insect Bioluminescence
I. Introduction
II. Survey of Luminous Insects
III. Chemistry of Light Emission in the Lampyridae
IV. Emission Spectrum in Photinus pyralis
V. Number of Binding Sites and the Activation of L
VI. Properties of the Catalytic Site of Firefly Luciferase
VII. Physical Studies on Luciferase: Conformational Changes during Catalyses
VIII. Chemiluminescence
References
Chapter 9. Circadian Rhythms and Photoperiodism in Insects
I. Introduction
II. Circadian Oscillation and Their Entrainment
III. Circadian Rhythms and Insect Physiology: Temporal Organization
IV. Biological Time Measurement: Photoperiodism
V. Conclusions: Unity or Diversity in the Insect Photoperiodic Clock?
References
Author Index
Subject Index