Index
primates 30
probability distributions 176
psychrometer 280
model283
quantum
bump 192
catch 218
Queen butterfly, pheromone 241
rabbit, ear 51
radiation resistance, sound 46
rainbow trouts, magnetite 301
Rana, vibration sensitivity
catesbeiana 132
pipiens 133
random search 256
range, acoustic communication in birds
84
raptors 172, 174
rattlesnake, vibration sensitivity 130,
138
Rayleigh waves 128, 129, 137
receptor lymph cavity 279
redundancy 175, 179
reflectors
acoustic 51
visual, tapetum 207
refraction and turbulence, acoustic
signals 81
refraction of sound 66
refractive index 174
reptiles 170, 218, 292
resistive objects, electroreception 321,
322
resonance frequencies 107, 110, 111,
113, 114
resonant properties, sound emission 43
resonators 48
retina24, 25, 174,215,218
retinal
chromophore, 218ff
coding 180
costs 182
reverberation, sound 81
Reynolds number 9
rhabdom 204
design 205
Rhagoletis cerasi, pheromone 242
Rhampholeon, vibration production 142
rhodopsins 218ff
rock crab 194
rods 216
visual pigments 219ff
rotifers 13
salamander 294
salmon 229
salmonid fishes , 294
sampling
grid 200
ratio 198
sandfish lizard, vibration reception 138
sandhopper, magnetic orientation 306
satumiid moth 276
thermoreception 278
339
Scaphiopus, vibration detection 130
Scapteriscus acletus, sound radiation 48,
49
scattering, sound 60, 61
Scincus scincus, vibration detection 138
Scorpiones, pheromone 239
scotophase 241
scotopic 216,219
sea turtles, magnetic compass 293
searching mechanisms, plant
infochemicals 253, 256
seismic signalling 130ff
seismically sensitive vertebrates 130ff
semiochemical237, 242
sensillum 273, 276
contact chemosensory 256ff
cuticular 272
hygro-thermoreceptive 279
hygroreceptors2 71 ff
motion sensitive 1 05ff
poreless 276
thermoreceptors 2 71 ff
velocity receptors 105ff
wall280
sensitivity 119, 120,216
absolute 120
hypothesis 219
relative 120, 121
spectral function 21
sensors, motion-detection
acceleration I 07
displacement I 07
velocity 107