Evolution and Adaptation of Terrestrial Arthropods - Cloudsley-Thompson, John L.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1988)
1 Palaeontology and Phytogeny -- 1.1 The Earliest Arthropodan Fossils -- 1.2 The First Terrestrial Arthropods -- 1.3 Evolution in the Arthropods -- Further Reading -- 2 Implications of Live on Land -- 2.1 The Significance of Size -- 2.2 Water Relations -- 2.3 The Conquest of the Land -- 2.4 The Integument -- 2.5 Growth and Ecdysis -- 2.6 Respiration: Lung-Books and Tracheae -- 2.7 Nutrition and Excretion -- 2.8 Ecological Considerations of Size -- Further Reading -- 3 The Conquest of the Land by Crustacea -- 3.1 Types of Adaptation -- 3.2 Transition from Water to Land in Amphipoda -- 3.3 Transition from Water to Land in Decapoda -- 3.4 Transition from Water to Land in Isopoda -- 3.5 Conclusion -- Further Reading -- 4 Insect Phytogeny and the Origin of Flight -- 4.1 Ancestry of Insects -- 4.2 The Origin of Wings -- 4.3 Paranoial Theory -- 4.4 Tracheal Gill Theory -- 4.5 Selection for Flight -- 4.6 Phytogeny of the Lower Insect Orders -- 4.7 Wing Venation -- 4.8 The 'Panorpoid Complex' -- 4.9 Insect Flight -- Further Reading -- 5 Evolutionary Trends in Reproduction -- 5.1 Spermatophores and Their Phylogenetic Significance -- 5.2 Functions of Aggregation and Courtship -- 5.3 Indirect Spermatophore Transfer via the Substrate -- 5.4 Indirect Sperm Transfer -- 5.5 Direct Copulation with Free Sperm -- 5.6 Haemocoelic Insemination -- 5.7 Conclusion -- Further Reading -- 6 Adaptations to Extreme Environments -- 6.1 Desert Adaptations -- 6.2 Forest Adaptations -- 6.3 Arctic and Alpine Adaptations -- 6.4 Littoral and Aquatic Adaptations -- 6.5 Cavernicolous Adaptations -- 6.6 Suspended Animation -- Further Reading -- 7 Dispersal and Migration -- 7.1 Migration in Relation to Habitat -- 7.2 Migration in Relation to Population Dynamics -- 7.3 Migration Without Flight -- 7.4 Meteorological Aspects of Air-Born Insect Migration -- 7.5 Orientation During Migration -- 7.6 Migration and Diapause -- Further Reading -- 8 Defensive Mechanisms -- 8.1 Concealment from Vertebrate Predators -- 8.2 Advertisement with Respect to Vertebrate Predators -- 8.3 Chemical Defences -- 8.4 Defences Against Small Invertebrate Enemies -- 8.5 Avoidance of Parasites -- Further Reading -- 9 The Success of Terrestrial Arthropods -- 9.1 Criteria of Success -- 9.2 Reasons for Success -- 9.3 Adaptability -- 9.4 Conclusion -- Further Reading.
Keywords: Ecology .; Plant science; Botany; Animal physiology; Ecology; Plant Sciences; Animal Physiology