The Biology of scorpions

Gary A. Polis

Stanford University Press, 1990 - Science - 587 pages

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Contents

• Introduction: 1
• Anatomy and Morphology: 9
• Systematics Biogeography and Paleontology: 64
• Life History: 161
• Behavioral Responses Rhythms and Activity Patterns: 224
• Ecology: 247
• Prey Predators and Parasites: 294
• Environmental Physiology: 321
• Neurobiology: 341
• Venoms and Toxins: 414
• Field and Laboratory Methods: 445
• Scorpions in Mythology Folklore and History: 462
• List of Synonyms: 489
• Bibliography: 505
• Index of Taxa: 569
• Index of Subjects: 579

About the author

Gary A. Polis was a professor in and chair of the Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy at the University of California, Davis, at the time of his death in 2000.
Mary E. Power is a professor of integrative biology at the University of California, Berkeley.
Gary R. Huxel is an assistant professor of biology at the University of South Florida.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Biology of scorpions
• Editor: Gary A. Polis
• Contributor: Gary A. Polis
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Stanford University Press, 1990
• ISBN: 0804712492, 9780804712491
• Length: 587 pages
• Subjects: Science / General