Insect Sounds and Communication

Compiling important information on the growing field of audio communication, Insect Sounds and Communication brings together an international team of experts to discuss their ideas on the communication function within important orders of insects. The text covers general aspects of insect sounds and their relationship to morphology, development, and physiology. It also examines techniques in sound analysis and explains how different insects generate sounds both intentionally and deceptively. This is a valuable resource for biologists working in entomology, zoology, animal behavior, neuroscience, and ecology.

Table ofPart IGeneral Aspects of Insect SoundsInsect Sounds and Communication - An Introduction; Michael ClaridgeSound and Techniques in Sound Analysis; Elias EliopoulosThe Auditory-Vibratory Sensory System in Bushcrickets;Wolfgang R/ssler, Martin Jatho, and Klaus KalmringSense Organs Involved in the Vibratory Communication of Bugs, Andrej Cokl, Meta Virant-Doberlet, and Maja Zorovi cUse of Substrate Vibrations for Orientation: From Behaviour to Physiology; Meta Virant-Doberlet, Andrej Cokl, and Maja Zorovi cSize-Frequency Relationships in Insect Vibrational Signals; Reginald B. Cocroft and Paul De LucaAcoustic Signals and Temperature; Allen F. SanbornInsect Songs - The Evolution of Signal Complexity; Winston J. BaileySong Evolution and Speciation in Bush-Crickets; K.-G. HellerAcoustic Communication in Neuropterid Insects; Charles S. HenryInheritance of Male Sound Characteristics in Drosophila Species; Anneli HoikkalaVibrational Communication and Mate Searching Behaviour in Stoneflies; Kenneth W. Stewart and John B. SandbergCommunication by Substrate-Borne Vibrations in Cave Planthoppers; Hannelore Hoch and Andreas WesselPartitioning of Acoustic Transmission Channels in Grasshopper Communities; Maria BukhvalovaInsect Species and Their Songs ; J?r=me SueurIs Migration Responsible for the Peculiar Geographical Distribution and Speciation Based on Acoustic Divergence of Two Cicadas in the Aegean Archipelago? Sakis Drosopoulos, Elias Eliopoulos, and Penelope TsakalouAcoustic Evolutionary Divergence in Cicadas: The Species of Cicada L. in Southern Europe; Jos? A. Quartau and Paula C. Sim=esAcoustic Communication, Mating Behaviour, and Hybridization in Closely Related, Pseudogamic, and Parthenogenetic Species of Planthoppers; Sakis DrosopoulosPhotoperiodism, Morphology and Acoustic Behaviour in the Leafhopper Genus Euscelis; Hildegard Strnbing and Sakis DrosopoulosMutual Eavesdropping through Vibrations in a Host-Parasitoid Interaction: From Plant Biomechanics to Behavioural Ecology; J?rome Casas and Christelle MagalPart IISounds in Various Taxa of InsectsVibratory Signals Produced by Heteroptera - Pentatomorpha and Cimicomorpha; Matija GogalaVibrational Communication in Triatominae (Heteroptera); Claudio R. Lazzari, Gabriel Manrique, and Pablo E. SchilmanVibrational Communication in Treehoppers (Hemiptera: Membracidae); Reginald B. Cocroft and Gabriel D. McNettAcoustic Characters in Classification of Higher Taxa of Auchenorrhyncha (Hemiptera); D. Yu. TishechkinAcoustic Signals, Diversity, and Behaviour of Cicadas (Cicadidae, Hemiptera); Michel BoulardVibratory Communication and Mating Behaviour in the European Lantern Fly Dictyophara europea (Dictyopharidae, Hemiptera); Hildegard StrnbingVibrational Communication in Psylloidea (Hemiptera); D. Yu. TishechkinMating Behaviour and Vibratory Signals in Whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodoidea); K. KanmiyaCommunication by Vibratory Signals in Di