The praying mantids

著者

• Prete, Frederick R.

書誌事項

The praying mantids

edited by Frederick R. Prete ... [et al.]

Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-354) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Praying mantids (or mantis) have fascinated for thousands of years. This work represents the current state of knowledge on the praying mantid, bringing together all that is known about their ecology, taxonomy, reproduction, sensory systems, motor behaviour and defence strategies. The text is illustrated and a final section of the book covers information on rearing and breeding techniques.

目次

• Ancient, medieval and early modern writings about mantids - shaping contemporary questions
• taxonomy
• population and community ecology
• the ecology and foraging strategy of Tenodera angustipennis
• mating behaviour
• hearing
• binocular vision and distance estimation
• visual perception and prey recognition
• flight and wing kinematics
• prey capture behaviour
• the hierarchical organization of mantid behaviour
• ontogeny of defensive behaviour
• ethology of defensive behaviour
• rearing techniques, developmental time and life span data for lab-reared Sphodromantis lineola
• rearing mantids for display and education
• comparative aspects of breeding mantids
• mantids in ecological research
• histological techniques for mantid research.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA65301775
• ISBN:
  • 0801861748
• LCCN: 99044360
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Baltimore
• ページ数/冊数: xiv, 362 p., [12] p. of plates
• 大きさ: 26 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : QL508.M4
  • DC21 : 595.7/27
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Mantodea