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Contents
IV. Light and Vision
SIMON LAUGHLIN
The Metabolic Cost oflnformationa Fundamental Factor in Visual Ecology .......................................... 169
2 ERIC WARRANT
The Design of Compound Eyes and the Illumination
ofNatural Habitats ........................................................................... 187
3 RON DOUGLAS
The Ecology of Teleost Fish Visual Pigments: a Good
Example of Sensory Adaptation to the Environment? ...................... 215
V. Odors and Chemoreception
STEFAN SCHULZ
Selectivity in Chemical Communication Systems
of Arthropods ................................................................................... 23 7
2 JOOP J .A. VAN LOON and MARCEL DICKE
Sensory Ecology of Arthropods Utilizing Plant Infochemicals ........ 253
VI. Hygro- and Thermoreception
HARALD TICHY and EWALD GINGL
Problems in Hygro- and Thermoreception ....................................... 271
VII. Magnetic Field and Electroreception
WOLFGANG WILTSCHKO and ROSWITA WILTSCHKO
The Geomagnetic Field and Its Role in
Directional Orientation ..................................................................... 289
2 GERHARD VON DER EMDE
Electric Fields and Electroreception:
How Electrosensory Fish Perceive Their Environment.. .................. 313
Index .......................................................................................................... 331