338
Oncorhynchus mykiss, magnetite 301
nerka, migration 306
Onitis, vision 188, 202
aygulus 202
alexis 202
belia/202
Oplophorus 188, 207
opsin 24, 25, 218, 229
optimization procedure 122
optimum encoder 176
orientation 289,295,313,314,315
behavior 296
cues 302
orientation 289, 295, 313ff
Osteichthyes, magnetic compass 292
ostrich 170
oval window, inner ear 52
owls, visual sensitivity 172
Pachistomias, visual pigment 222, 223,
224
Palinurus argus, magnetic compass 294
Pandemis limitata, pheromone 245
Papilio, color vision
glaucus 30
xuthus 26
Parapronoe crustulum, visual system
207,208
parasitoids 254
Paruroctonus, vibrations 137
Periplaneta americana, thermoreception
276,279
pheromone
biosynthesis 243ff
components 241ff, 246
non-volatile 242
transfer particles 241
use 13
volatile 240
phonotaxis 62
photon 191, 215, 216
absorption 174
capture 219
catch 201
noise 176
photophore 221, 222, 224
photopic 216
photoreceptors 173, 189, 191, 215, 218
angular separation 170
cones 216
fast 180, 181
resolving power 170
response dynamics 180
sensitivity 174
slow 180, 181
total number 180
Index
Phronima sedentaria, vision 208, 209
phylogenetic studies 22
physical-chemical constraints 106
phytochemical 257
Phytoseiulus persimilis 265
Picoides, acoustic signalling
borealis 88
pubescens 91
stricklandi 88, 91
pigeon 181, 293, 301
pigment, visual 215ff, 219
adaptations 25
content 228
structure 218
pinna 51, 52,
plant
intact and damaged 259
produced chemicals 257
secondary conpounds 265
tissue 255
volatiles 263
pleiotropy 30
polarity 239
compass 293, 294
molecules 239
polarized light 303
Pollachius pollachius, visual pigment 225
pollack, visual pigment 225, 229
Pollimyrus adspersus, electroreception
321
polychaetes, vision 188
Polypedates leucomystax, seismic
communication 131, I 43
pore opening, chemoreception 276
poreless sensilla 276
porphyropsin 218
potato, volatiles 259
praying mantis, vision 188
pressure transformator 51
pressure-driven ears 50
prey attraction, chemical 245