Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the modern ecological and evolutionary contexts
of the evolutionary physiology in insects and provides a survey of sources of environmental …

To represent specific olfactory cues from the highly complex and dynamic odor world in the
brain, insects employ multiple parallel olfactory pathways that process odors with different …

Spiders are wonderful creatures. Their varied and complex range of behavior and highly
developed sensory systems are excellently adapted to the environmental conditions-as is …

The antennae are a critically important component of the ant's highly elaborated chemical
communication systems. However, our understanding of the organization of the sensory …

Insects detect odors via a large variety of odorant receptors (ORs) expressed in olfactory
sensory neurons (OSNs). The insect OR is a heteromeric complex composed of a ligand …

Social insects show a variety of temperature-guided behaviors. Depending on whether heat
reaches the sensillum via air movements (convective heat) or as radiant heat, specific …

In the deserts of northern and southern Africa, respectively, ants of the genera
Cataglyphisfoerster (Formicinae) and Ocymyrmexemery (Myrmicinae) occupy the same …

Most insects are equipped with specialized thermo‐and hygroreceptors to locate a
permissible range of ambient temperature and distant water sources, respectively. In the …

Coding noxious cold signals, such as the magnitude and rate of temperature change, play
essential roles in the survival of organisms. We combined electrophysiological and …

Spinnen sind wundervolle Kreaturen. Ihr reichhaltiges und komplexes Verhalten verfügt
über hochentwickelte Sinnessysteme und ist hervorragend an die Bedingungen ihrer …