Evolution and Adaptation of Terrestrial Arthropods
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| Formato: | eBook |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,
1988.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 1988. |
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| Acceso en línea: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-61360-9 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.