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Contributions to the study of the behavior of lower organisms

Title
Contributions to the study of the behavior of lower organisms / by Herbert S. Jennings.
Author
Jennings, H. S. (Herbert Spencer), 1868-1947.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : Published by the Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1904.

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256 p. : ill.; 26 cm.
Series Statement
Carnegie Institution of Washington publication ; no. 16
Subjects
Note
  • "The first five papers were prepared at the Zoological Laboratory of the University of Michigan and were submitted to the Carnegie Institution for publication August 1, 1903. To the third paper some additions were made in February, 1904. The sixth and seventh papers were prepared at the Naples Zoological Station, while the writer was acting as research assistant of the Carnegie Institution, and were transmitted for publication in January and March, respectively, 1904"--Pref.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 253-256.
Contents
Reactions to heat and cold in the ciliate Infusoria -- Reactions to light in ciliates and flagellates -- Reactions to stimuli in certain Rotifera -- The theory of tropisms -- Physiological states as determining factors in the behavior of lower organisms -- The movements and reactions of Amoeba -- The method of trial and error in the behavior of lower organisms.
Call Number
QHE (Jennings, H. S. Contributions to the study of the behavior of lower organisms)
LCCN
04033378
OCLC
18427917
Author
Jennings, H. S. (Herbert Spencer), 1868-1947.
Title
Contributions to the study of the behavior of lower organisms / by Herbert S. Jennings.
Imprint
Washington, D.C. : Published by the Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1904.
Series
Carnegie Institution of Washington publication ; no. 16
Bibliography
Bibliography: p. 253-256.
Local Note
Gift of the Institution.
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