Insect clocks
By: D.S. Saunders ; with C.G.H. Steel, X. Vafopoulou, R.D. Lewis.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Elsevier
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Boston
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Insects -- Physiology.; Insects -- Behavior.; Biological rhythms.; Insects -- physiology.; Circadian Rhythm.; Biological Clocks.; Behavior, Animal.
Notes: 1
Table of contents: title: Cover; title: Title Page; title: Copyright Page; title: TOCContents; title: Glossary and List of Symbols; title: CHChapter 1. Introduction: Rhythms and Clocks; title: CHChapter 2. Circadian Rhythms of Activity in Individual Insects; title: CHChapter 3. Circadian Rhythms of Activity in Populations of Insects; title: CHChapter 4. Circadian Rhythms: Genes and the Feedback Loop; title: CHChapter 5. Physiology of Circadian Systems; title: CHChapter 6. The Multioscillator Circadian System; title: CHChapter 7. Quantitative Models for Insect Clocks; title: CHChapter 8. Circadian Rhythms: Photoreceptor and Clock Location; title: CHChapter 9. Photoperiodism and Seasonal Cycles of Development; title: CHChapter 10. The Photoperiodic Response; title: CHChapter 11. Circadian Rhythms in Photoperiodism; title: CHChapter 12. The Photoperiodic Counter; title: CHChapter 13. Photoperiodic Time Measurement: the Clock-Counter Mechanism; title: CHChapter 14. Photoperiodic Photoreceptors and Clock Location; title: CHChapter 15. Other Types of Insect Clocks; title: CHChapter 16. Clock Complexity: The Way Forward?; title: References; title: IDXIndex; title: Last Page