xii, 317 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2001
Contents:
1. Mormon Crickets and Mating Meals -- 2. Katydids, Longhorns, and Bush-Crickets: Diversity and Evolution of the Tettigoniidae -- 3. What Katy Did: Habits and Life Cycles of Tettigoniids -- 4. Survival Strategies: Natural Enemies, Counteradaptations, and Population Regulation -- 5. Entomological Choristers: Song and Mate Attraction -- 6. A Nuptial Banquet and Seminal Sac: Evolution of the Spermatophylax Meal -- 7. The Nature of Sexual Selection: Females Choosing and Males Competing -- 8. The Hazards and Costs of the Mating Game -- 9. Can Katydids Tell Us Why the Sexes Are Different?
Summary:
"Katydids and bush-crickets are widely used as subject animals for biologists studying sexual communication - the calls of males to attract sexually responsive females - and mate choice. This book closely examines the practice of "nuptial feeding" by male katydids. Darryl T. Gwynne also emphasizes the methods and practice of insect behavioral research. Gwynne outlines the evolution of katydid and bush-cricket behavior and how it has proven valuable in testing Darwin's theory of sexual selection. These accounts are enriched by many illustrations."--Jacket.
