Cricket Radio : : Tuning In the Night-Singing Insects / / John Himmelman.
At a time when night-singing insects have slipped beyond our notice-indeed, are more likely to be heard as NatureSounds than in a backyard-John Himmelman seeks to reconnect us to creatures whose songs form a part of our own natural history.On warm summer evenings, night-singing insects produce a whi...
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Himmelman, John, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Cricket Radio : Tuning In the Night-Singing Insects / John Himmelman. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2011] ©2011 1 online resource (272 p.) : 53 color illustrations, 24 halftones, 18 line illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Music Beckons -- 2. Why Listen? -- 3. The Straight-winged Bearers of Swords -- 4. The Katydids -- 5. The Crickets -- 6. The Mighty Cricket Gladiators -- 7. "Give a Little Whistle" -- 8. A Blade within a Sea of Grass -- 9. The Bug People -- 10. Assembling Your Cricket Radio -- Notes -- Glossary -- Online Audio Tracklist -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star At a time when night-singing insects have slipped beyond our notice-indeed, are more likely to be heard as NatureSounds than in a backyard-John Himmelman seeks to reconnect us to creatures whose songs form a part of our own natural history.On warm summer evenings, night-singing insects produce a whirring, chirping soundscape-a calming aural tapestry celebrated by poets and naturalists for millennia. But "cricket radio" is not broadcast for the easy-listening pleasure of humans. The nocturnal songs of insects are lures and warnings, full of risks and rewards for these tiny competitive performers. What moves crickets and katydids to sing, how they produce their distinctive sounds, how they hear the songs of others, and how they vary cadence, volume, and pitch to attract potential mates, warn off competitors, and evade predators is part of the engaging story Cricket Radio tells.Himmelman's narrative weaves together his personal experiences as an amateur naturalist in search of crickets and katydids with the stories of scientists who study these insects professionally. He also offers instructions for bringing a few of the little singers into our homes and gardens. We can, Himmelman suggests, be reawakened to these night songs that have meant so much to the human psyche. The online insect calls that accompany this colorfully illustrated narrative provide a bridge of sound to our past and to our vital connection with other species. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Crickets Vocalization. Crickets. Katydids Vocalization. Katydids. NATURE / Animals / Insects & Spiders. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK GESAMTPAKET / COMPLETE PACKAGE 2011 9783110261189 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK PACKAGE ENGLISH LANGUAGES TITLES 2011 9783110261233 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK PAKET SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE 2011 9783110261202 ZDB-23-DMN Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada) 9783110756067 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442205 print 9780674046900 https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674061026 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674061026 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780674061026.jpg |
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