Nerve Cells and Insect Behavior

With an Appreciation by John G. Hildebrand, Revised edition

Kenneth D. Roeder

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$35.50 • £28.95 • €32.00

ISBN 9780674608016

Publication Date: 03/15/1998

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256 pages

5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches

63 halftones and line illustrations

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Methods of Studying Animal Behavior
Communication
The Tympanic-Nerve Response in Noctuid Moths
Moths and Bats
Tactics for Two
Evasive Behavior in the Cockroach
Discrimination
Endogenous Activity of Neurons
Endogenous Activity and Behavior
Inside a Moth
The Insect Brain
Inhibition, Endogenous Activity, and Neural Parsimony
References
Index

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