The Biology of terrestrial isopods : the proceedings of a symposium held at the Zoological Society of London on 7th and 8th of July 1983 / edited by S.L. Sutton and D.M. Holdich
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- Oxford [Oxfordshire] : Published for the Zoological Society of London by Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1984
- xxvi, 518 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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- 0198540019
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- Symposia of the Zoological Society of London ; no. 53.
- Symposia of the Zoological Society of London ; no. 53
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- Organizers of Symposium and Chairmen of Sessions
- Introduction
- 1. The Biology of Terrestrial Isopods: Terminology and Classification, D.M. Holdich et al
- Structure and Physiology
- 2. The Cuticular Surface of Woodlice: A Search for Receptors, D.M. Holdich
- 3. Eco-morphological Strategies in Terrestrial Isopods, Helmut Schmalfuss
- 4. The Marsupium in Terrestrial Isopods, Brendt Hoese
- 5. Fine-structure Investigations of the Pleopodal Endopods of Terrestrial Isopods with some Remarks on their Function, Georg Kummel
- 6. Cuticular Transpiration in the Isopod Porcellio Iaevis: Chemical and Morphological factors Involved in its Control, Neil F. hadley and Michael C. Quinlan
- 7. Neuroendocrinology of Growth and Moulting in Terrestrial Isopods, R.G. Chiang and C.G.H. Steel
- 8. Sex Differentiation and Androgenic Gland Hormone in the Terrestrial Isopod Armadillidium vulgare, Y. Katakura
- 9. Heavy Metals in Woodlice, S.P. Hopkin and M.H. Martin
- 10. The Influence of Nutritional Stress on the Ultrastructure of Hepatopancreas of Terrestrial Isopods, Volker Storch
- 11. The Ultrastructure of the Hindgut Epithelium of Terrestrial Isopods and its Role in Osmoregulation, T. Palackal et al
- 12. An Ultrastructural Study of Cell Differentiation and Associated Acid Phosphatase Activity in the Hepatopancreas of Porcellio scabar, A. Bettica et al
- 13. Haemodynamics of Terrestrail Isopoda, M.A. Alikhan
- 14. Diseases of Terrestrial Isopds, B.A. Federici
- 15. Ecophysiological Adaptations of Terrestrial Isopods: A Brief Review, Wolfgang Wieser
- Population Biology and Behaviour
- 16. Life Histories of Terrestrial Isopods: a Study if Intra- and Interspecific Variation, S.L. Sutton et al
- 17. Population Dynamics and Role in Hemilepistus reaumuri (Audouin and Savigny) in a Desert Ecosystem, M. Shachak and A. Yair
- 18. Breeding and Population Biologyof the Terrestrial Isopod, Porcellio Iaevis (Latreille), in the Delhi Region, G.A. Nair
- 19. The Effect of Climate on the Distribution and Abundance of Isopods, M.R. Warburg et al
- 20. Observations on the Distribution of the Desert Woodlouse Hemilepistus reaumuri (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea) in North Africa, D. Coenen-Stass
- 21. The Aggregation Phenomenon in Terrestrial Isopods, N. Takeda
- 22. Orientation Behaviour of the Desert Woodlouse Hemilepistus reaumuri: Adaptations to Ecological and Physiological Problems, G. Hoffmann
- 23. Comparative Studies on the Social Behaviour of the Desert Isopd Hemilepistus reaumuri and of a Porcellio Species, K.E. Linsenmair
- 24. Nutrition and Growth of Ligia pallasii, T.H. Carefoot
- 25. Breeding Phenology of Woodlice and Oostegite Development in Ligia oceanica (L.) (Crustacea), R. WIllows
- 26. Feeding Behavior of Terrestrial Isopods in Relation to Plant Defences and Microbial Activity, Mark Hassall and S.P. Rushton
- Subject Index.
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- Includes bibliographies and index.
- Subject:
- Isopoda -- Congresses
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