Index
Bold numbers refer to figures or tables.
absorption
coefficient, sound 61
spectrum, visual pigment 216, 219
Acari 239
acceleration detectors
filiform hairs 107
lateral line 153ff
acoustical communication 79, 88
active space, bird song 84
acute zone, compound eye 191, 193,
I 9 5, I 96, 199
adaptive, evolution Iff, 19ff, 105ff, 120
cost and benefit of 177
adsorption, chemicals 241
Aega, vision 207
aerodynamic drag, motion-sensing hairs
106
Aeschna umbrosa 197
Agelenopsis aperta 245, 246
aggregation pheromones 238
Agrotis segetum 244
alarm pheromones 238
Alauda, acoustic communication 86
allelochemicals 237
allometry, scaling in eye size 169
allomones 238
Amauris niavius 241, 242
ambient illumination,
teleost fish 219
Ambystoma mexicanum !56
Amiermes sp 308
amphibia43, 127,217,218,292
amphipods 207, 208, 303
ampullae of Lorenzini 316
ampullary organs 3 16
analytical approch,
mechanoreceptor physics I 06
Anaxjunius 196, 197
Andrena nigroaenea, pheromone 240
anemotaxis 256, 260
angular momentum, filiform hair I 08
angular velocity, filiform hair 114
Anopheles 188, 204, 205, 206
ant 193, 238
ant feeding spider,
alarm pheromone 238
antagonist, chemical 245
antbird songs 92
Antheraea, thermoreception 276
anurans, sun compass 303
apical pore, thermoreceptor 276, 280, 283
Apis 188
dorsata 206
mellifera 27, 206, 276, 279
Apodemus sylvaticus 307
apposition eyes 187ff, 190, 199, 204
aquatic habitat
blue-shift oflight 206
electroreception 313ff
lateral line 149ff
motion-sensing hairs 115ff
plankton 9ff
vision 207ff, 215ff
aquatic newt, magnetic compass 298
aquatic salamander, polarity compass 294
arachnids, see spider 50, 239
Araneae, pheromones 239
Aristostomias tittmani 222, 223, 224
arthropod-produced chemicals 257
Australian Silvereyes, migration 305
aves
acoustical signals 79ff
magnetic compass 292
navigation 307
background noise 73, 82, 93, 150, 156,
159ff, 242
backswimmer, vision 193, 194, 195
bacteria 5, 9, 10, 12
baleen whale, eye I 70
bandwidth
color vision 19ff
informational transmission 179
motion-sensing hair 112ff
bark beetle, pheromone 238, 247, 264
Bold numbers refer to figures or tables.
absorption
coefficient, sound 61
spectrum, visual pigment 216, 219
Acari 239
acceleration detectors
filiform hairs 107
lateral line 153ff
acoustical communication 79, 88
active space, bird song 84
acute zone, compound eye 191, 193,
I 9 5, I 96, 199
adaptive, evolution Iff, 19ff, 105ff, 120
cost and benefit of 177
adsorption, chemicals 241
Aega, vision 207
aerodynamic drag, motion-sensing hairs
106
Aeschna umbrosa 197
Agelenopsis aperta 245, 246
aggregation pheromones 238
Agrotis segetum 244
alarm pheromones 238
Alauda, acoustic communication 86
allelochemicals 237
allometry, scaling in eye size 169
allomones 238
Amauris niavius 241, 242
ambient illumination,
teleost fish 219
Ambystoma mexicanum !56
Amiermes sp 308
amphibia43, 127,217,218,292
amphipods 207, 208, 303
ampullae of Lorenzini 316
ampullary organs 3 16
analytical approch,
mechanoreceptor physics I 06
Anaxjunius 196, 197
Andrena nigroaenea, pheromone 240
anemotaxis 256, 260
angular momentum, filiform hair I 08
angular velocity, filiform hair 114
Anopheles 188, 204, 205, 206
ant 193, 238
ant feeding spider,
alarm pheromone 238
antagonist, chemical 245
antbird songs 92
Antheraea, thermoreception 276
anurans, sun compass 303
apical pore, thermoreceptor 276, 280, 283
Apis 188
dorsata 206
mellifera 27, 206, 276, 279
Apodemus sylvaticus 307
apposition eyes 187ff, 190, 199, 204
aquatic habitat
blue-shift oflight 206
electroreception 313ff
lateral line 149ff
motion-sensing hairs 115ff
plankton 9ff
vision 207ff, 215ff
aquatic newt, magnetic compass 298
aquatic salamander, polarity compass 294
arachnids, see spider 50, 239
Araneae, pheromones 239
Aristostomias tittmani 222, 223, 224
arthropod-produced chemicals 257
Australian Silvereyes, migration 305
aves
acoustical signals 79ff
magnetic compass 292
navigation 307
background noise 73, 82, 93, 150, 156,
159ff, 242
backswimmer, vision 193, 194, 195
bacteria 5, 9, 10, 12
baleen whale, eye I 70
bandwidth
color vision 19ff
informational transmission 179
motion-sensing hair 112ff
bark beetle, pheromone 238, 247, 264