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por pressure. Hygroreceptors acting as electrochemical hygrometers would produce the same response to the same saturation deficit. Consequently, animals with
mechanical hygrometers would select environments of the same relative humidity.
Those with psychrometers would show a preference to environments with the
same vapor pressure. The humidity responses of animals with chemical hygrometers would be related to the saturation deficit of the air.
Acknowledgments. Supported by a grant of the Austrian Science Foundation
(FWF) to H. Tichy.
References
Altner H, Loftus R (1985) Ultrastructure and function of insect thermo- and hygroreceptors. Annu Rev Entomol 30:273-295
Altner H, Tichy H, Altner I ( 1978) Lamellated outer dendritic segments of a sensory cell within a poreless thermo- and hygroreceptive sensillum of the insect
Carausius morosus. Cell Tissue Res 191:287-304
Altner H, Loftus R, Schaller-Seizer, L, Tichy H (1983) Modality-specificity in insect sensilla and multimodal input from body appendages. In: HomE (ed) Multimodal convergence in sensory systems. Fortschritte der Zoologie, vol 28.
Fischer, Stuttgart, New York, pp. 17-31
Ameismeier F, Loftus R (1988) Response characteristics of cold cell on the antenna of Locusta migratoriaL. J Comp Physiol A 163:507-516
Anton S, Tichy H ( 1994) Hygro- and thermoreceptors in tip pore sensilla of the
tarsal organ of the spider Cupiennius salei: innervation and central projection.
Cell Tissue Res 278:399-407
Barth FG, Seyfarth EA, Bleckmann H, SchUch W (1988) Spiders of the genus Cupiennius Simon 1891 (Aranea, Ctenidae). I. Range distribution, dwelling plants,
and climatic characteristics of the habitats. Oecologia 77: 187-193
Braun HA, Schafer K, Wissing H (1990) Theories and models of temperature
transduction. In: Bligh J, Voigt K (eds) Thermoreception and Temperature
Regulation. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York, pp 19-29
Corbiere-Tichane G ( 1971) Structure nerveuse enigmatique dans 1' ante nne de la
1arve du Speophyes lucidulus Delar. (Co1eoptere cavemicole de la sous-famille
des Bathysciinae). Etude au microscope electronique. J Microscopie 10:191202
Corbiere-Tichane G, Loftus R (1983) Antenna) thermal receptors of the cave
beetle, Speophyes lucidulus Delar. II. Cold receptor response to slowly changing temperature. J Comp Physiol 153:343-351
Ehn R, Tichy H (1996) Response characteristics of a spider warm cell: temperature sensitvities and structural properties. J Comp Physiol A 178:537-542
Haug T (1986) Struktur, Funktion und Projektion der antennalen Thenno- und
Hygrorezeptoren von Antheraea pernyi (Lepidoptera: Satumiidae). Doct Diss,
Universitat Regensburg
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por pressure. Hygroreceptors acting as electrochemical hygrometers would produce the same response to the same saturation deficit. Consequently, animals with
mechanical hygrometers would select environments of the same relative humidity.
Those with psychrometers would show a preference to environments with the
same vapor pressure. The humidity responses of animals with chemical hygrometers would be related to the saturation deficit of the air.
Acknowledgments. Supported by a grant of the Austrian Science Foundation
(FWF) to H. Tichy.
References
Altner H, Loftus R (1985) Ultrastructure and function of insect thermo- and hygroreceptors. Annu Rev Entomol 30:273-295
Altner H, Tichy H, Altner I ( 1978) Lamellated outer dendritic segments of a sensory cell within a poreless thermo- and hygroreceptive sensillum of the insect
Carausius morosus. Cell Tissue Res 191:287-304
Altner H, Loftus R, Schaller-Seizer, L, Tichy H (1983) Modality-specificity in insect sensilla and multimodal input from body appendages. In: HomE (ed) Multimodal convergence in sensory systems. Fortschritte der Zoologie, vol 28.
Fischer, Stuttgart, New York, pp. 17-31
Ameismeier F, Loftus R (1988) Response characteristics of cold cell on the antenna of Locusta migratoriaL. J Comp Physiol A 163:507-516
Anton S, Tichy H ( 1994) Hygro- and thermoreceptors in tip pore sensilla of the
tarsal organ of the spider Cupiennius salei: innervation and central projection.
Cell Tissue Res 278:399-407
Barth FG, Seyfarth EA, Bleckmann H, SchUch W (1988) Spiders of the genus Cupiennius Simon 1891 (Aranea, Ctenidae). I. Range distribution, dwelling plants,
and climatic characteristics of the habitats. Oecologia 77: 187-193
Braun HA, Schafer K, Wissing H (1990) Theories and models of temperature
transduction. In: Bligh J, Voigt K (eds) Thermoreception and Temperature
Regulation. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York, pp 19-29
Corbiere-Tichane G ( 1971) Structure nerveuse enigmatique dans 1' ante nne de la
1arve du Speophyes lucidulus Delar. (Co1eoptere cavemicole de la sous-famille
des Bathysciinae). Etude au microscope electronique. J Microscopie 10:191202
Corbiere-Tichane G, Loftus R (1983) Antenna) thermal receptors of the cave
beetle, Speophyes lucidulus Delar. II. Cold receptor response to slowly changing temperature. J Comp Physiol 153:343-351
Ehn R, Tichy H (1996) Response characteristics of a spider warm cell: temperature sensitvities and structural properties. J Comp Physiol A 178:537-542
Haug T (1986) Struktur, Funktion und Projektion der antennalen Thenno- und
Hygrorezeptoren von Antheraea pernyi (Lepidoptera: Satumiidae). Doct Diss,
Universitat Regensburg