@book{Linsenmair1971,
  author    = {Linsenmair, Karl Eduard},
  title     = {Hvorfor synger fuglene?},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-44530},
  publisher      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {1971},
  abstract  = {No abstract available},
  language  = {mul}
}
@article{Linsenmair1968,
  author    = {Linsenmair, Karl Eduard},
  title     = {Pyramidenbau - Ausdruck des Imponierverhaltens von Reiterkrabben am Roten Meer},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-44579},
  year      = {1968},
  abstract  = {Werben und Drohen geh{\"o}ren zu den Verhaltensweisen mit Mitteilungswert, die besonders h{\"a}ufig - im Dienste ihrer SignalIunktion umgestaltet - zu Ausl{\"o}sern werden. Solche Ausl{\"o}ser, seien es nun besondere Bewegungsweisen und/oder spezielle morphologische Strukturen, sind an das Individuum gebunden. Eine optische Werbung oder ein Drohen mit k{\"o}rperfremden Mitteln, stellvertretend f{\"u}r ein Individuum, galt bislang als Privileg des Menschen. Die folgenden Ausf{\"u}hrungen werden aber zeigen, daß auch andere Lebewesen derartige "Aush{\"a}ngeschilder" gebrauchen.},
  language  = {de}
}
@book{Linsenmair1972,
  author    = {Linsenmair, Karl Eduard},
  title     = {Varf{\"o}r sjunger faglarna? : F{\aa}gels{\aa}ngens formeroch funktioner},
  isbn      = {91-27-24248-X},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-44521},
  publisher      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {1972},
  abstract  = {No abstract available},
  language  = {mul}
}
@article{Linsenmair1969,
  author    = {Linsenmair, Karl Eduard},
  title     = {Anemomenotaktische Orientierung bei Tenebrioniden und Mistk{\"a}fern (Insecta, Coleoptera)},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-44512},
  year      = {1969},
  abstract  = {1. Die Feistk{\"a}fer Pimelia grossa, P. tenuicornis, der Mehlk{\"a}fer Tenebrio molitor, die Mistk{\"a}fer Geotrupes silvaticus und G. stercorarius konnen sich unter entsprechenden Bedingungen rein anemomenotaktisch orientieren (Abb. 1-8). Sie bevorzugen Laufwinkel, die in relativ enge Winkelbereiche rechts und links der beiden Grundrichtungen f{\"u}hren (Abb. 3, 4, 26). 2. Die Bevorzugung bestimmter Winkelgr{\"o}ßen andert sich bei Geotrupes nicht gesetzmig mit der Tageszeit, der Temperatur (im Bereich 18-28° C) oder dem F{\"u}tterungszustand (Abb. 8-11). 3. Die untere Grenze der Windst{\"a}rke, die eine menotaktische Einstellung erm{\"o}glicht, liegt f{\"u}r die Mistk{\"a}fer bei etwa 0,15 m/sec, f{\"u}r die Feistk{\"a}fer bei etwa 0,4 m/sec. Die obere Grenze befindet sich bei Geschwindigkeiten, die den K{\"a}fern ein Vorw{\"a}rtskommen unm{\"o}glich machen. 4. Bei der menotaktischen Einstellung wird nur die Reizrichtung nicht aber die Reizstarke bewertet (Abb. 13-15). 5. Die Kontinuitat des Luftstroms ist keine Voraussetzung f{\"u}r die anemomenotaktische Orientierung: Die K{\"a}fer orientieren sich auch nach kurzen Windst{\"o}ßen (Abb. 17, 19, 21). W{\"a}hrend der Windstille kommt es zu regelhaften Abweichungen von dem bei Wind eingehaltenen Kurs (Abb. 18). Das Ausmaß dieser Abweichungen wird nach h{\"a}ufigen Windunterbrechungen stark verringert (Abb. 20). 6. Gegen Turbulenzen des Luftstroms, wie sie {\"u}ber unebenem Untergrund entstehen, ist die Anemomenotaxis der K{\"a}fer nicht sehr anf{\"a}llig (Abb. 22). 7. Die Sinnesorgane, die dem intakten K{\"a}fer die Windrichtungsbestimmung erm{\"o}glichen, sprechen auf Bewegungen im Pedicellus-Flagellumgelenk an. Ein Verlust der Endkolben hat beim Mistk{\"a}fer keinen Einfluß auf die Richtungs- und Winkelgr{\"o}ßenwahl, auch die Streuung wird nicht signifikant gr{\"o}ßer. 2 Flagellenglieder pro Antenne erm{\"o}glichen bei Windgeschwindigkeiten um oder {\"u}ber 1 m/sec noch eine anemomenotaktische Orientierung (Tabelle 3). 8. Bei 3 Mistk{\"a}fern, deren F{\"u}hler 4 Wochen bzw. 4 Monate vor dem Versuch entfernt worden waren, konnte wieder eine Orientierung nach der Windrichtung nachgewiesen werden (Abb. 23, Tabelle 1). 9. Die Kafer konnen Laufwinkel intramodal vierdeutig transponieren (z.B. Abb. 28, 29). Am deutlichsten tritt diese F{\"a}higkeit bei Versuchsneulingen zutage, deren Laufe rein fluchtmotiviert sind: Sie w{\"a}hlen normalerweise denjenigen der 4 m{\"o}glichen Laufwinkel, der der Aufsetzrichtung am n{\"a}chsten liegt (vgl. Abb. 25, 26). 10. Die Existenz und die Wirkungsrichtung eines Drehkommandos, sowie die Beteiligung beider Grundorientierungen an der Anemomenotaxis werden nachgewiesen (Abb. 31). Die F{\"a}higkeit, eine gleichbleibende Drehkommandogr{\"o}ße (die nie zu einer st{\"a}rkeren Abweichung als 90° von einer Grundrichtung f{\"u}hren kann) mit verschiedenem Vorzeichen der Drehrichtung versehen zu konnen und die M{\"o}glichkeit zur Taxisumkehr (Abb. 32) erkl{\"a}ren die orientierungsphysiologische Seite des vierdeutigen intramodalen Transponierens. 11. Versuchsergebnisse, die Aussagen uber den physiologischen Mechanismus der Anemomenotaxis der K{\"a}fer zulassen, sprechen f{\"u}r einen Kompensationsmechanismus. Die gegen die Kompensationstheorie der Menotaxis (JANDER, 1957) vorgebrachten Argumente werden im Rahmen der bisherigen Resultate kurz diskutiert. 12. Die m{\"o}glichen biologischen Bedeutungen der Anemomenotaxis werden besprochen. Es wird angenommen, daß sie beim Appetenzverhalten des nach geruchlichen Schl{\"u}sselreizen "suchenden" K{\"a}fers ihre biologisch wichtigste Aufgabe erf{\"u}llt. Sie kann auch die basalen Aufgaben einer Raumorientierung {\"u}bernehmen und so z.B. kompaßtreue Fluchtkurse steuern.},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{Linsenmair1974,
  author    = {Linsenmair, Karl Eduard},
  title     = {Some adaptations of the desert woodlouse Hemilepistus reaumuri (Isopoda, Oniscoidea) to desert environment},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-44483},
  year      = {1974},
  abstract  = {No abstract available},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{Linsenmair1973,
  author    = {Linsenmair, Karl Eduard},
  title     = {Die W{\"u}stenassel: Sozialverhalten und Lebensraum.},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-44493},
  year      = {1973},
  abstract  = {Unter den Krebsen ist als gr{\"o}ßerer Gruppe allein den Landasseln (Oniscoidea) eine Eroberung des Festlandes gelungen. Ihre Anpassung an das Landleben blieb aber bislang recht mangelhaft, z. B. fehlt ein wirksamer Verdunstungsschutz. Wie zu erwarten, bewohnen daher die meisten Landasselarten feuchte Lebensst{\"a}tten. Zu den wenigen Ausnahmen z{\"a}hlt die W{\"u}stenassel Hemilepistus reaumuri, die nordafrikanische und kleinasiatische Halbw{\"u}sten - stellenweise auch echte W{\"u}stengebiete - besiedelt. Es sind vor allem Verhaltensanpassungen, die den W{\"u}stenasseln in diesen w{\"a}hrend vieler Monate trockenheißen Extrembiotopen nicht nur ein Oberleben erlauben, sondern sie dar{\"u}ber hinaus noch vielerorts zum erfolgreichsten Faunenelement machen.},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{Linsenmair1970,
  author    = {Linsenmair, Karl Eduard},
  title     = {Die Interaktion der paarigen antennalen Sinnesorgane bei der Windorientierung laufender Mist- und Schwarzk{\"a}fer (Insecta, Coleoptera)},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-44507},
  year      = {1970},
  abstract  = {1. Bei der Anemomenotaxis arbeiten die Windrichtungen perzipierenden, paarigen Sinnesorgane der Antennen - vermutlich die Johnstonschen Organe - als Synergisten zusammen. Der Ausfall der f{\"u}r die Windrichtung spezifischen afferenten Meldungen eines F{\"u}hlers f{\"u}hrt zu einer Halbierung der Drehtendenzst{\"a}rke (Abb.I-ll). Es konnten keine Anhaltspunkte gefunden werden, die auf eine direkte zentrale Kompensation dieses Effektes hinweisen. Verschiedene Arten der Ausschaltung, totalc (Abb.2) oder teilweise (Abb. 4) Amputation (bei der der Pedicellus unverletzt bleibt) oder Blockierung des Pedicellus-Flagellumgelenks durch Lackierung (Abb.3), bewirken dieselben {\"A}nderungen im Orientierungsverhalten. 2. Der einzelne F{\"u}hler fungiert bei der Anemomenotaxis als "zweisinniger Lenker". Ein K{\"a}fer mit nur einem F{\"u}hler ist - nach einer gen{\"u}gend langen Erholungszeit - noch f{\"a}hig, die Windrichtung festzustellen und zu ihr eindeutige menotaktische Kurse zu steuern (vgl. z. B. Abb. 1, 9). Außerdem kann er sich wie ein intakter K{\"a}fer (Abb. 14) bei pl{\"o}tzlicher Anderung der Reizrichtung um den kleineren Winkelbetrag zu seiner Sollrichtung zur{\"u}ckdrehen (Abb. 15). 3. Zwischen Drehtendenzst{\"a}rke und Reizrichtung besteht nach den Ergebnissen der Ausschaltversuche eine Sinusfunktion. Gleichgroße Rechts- oder Linksabweichungen des K{\"a}fers von der positiven oder negativen Grundrichtung werden von rechtem und linkem F{\"u}hler mit der gleichen Drehtendenzst{\"a}rke bewertet (Abb. 13). Es ist deshalb naheliegend, anzunehmen, daß jeder F{\"u}hler bei der Reizrichtungsbewertung seinen Abweichungsbetrag von der n{\"a}chsten der beiden Grundstellungen mißt. In einer Grundstellung befindet sich der F{\"u}hler jeweils dann, wenn sich der K{\"a}fer genau gegen oder mit dem Wind eingestellt hat. 4. Afferente Drehtendenz und efferentes Drehkommando sind Dreherregungsgr{\"o}ßen, die sich bei Einstellung des Sollwinkels durch ihre antagonistische Wirkung aufheben. Halbierung der Drehtendenzst{\"a}rke durch Ausschaltung eines F{\"u}hlers f{\"u}hrt demnach erwartungsgem{\"a}ß zu einer Verdopplung der Drehkommandowirkung. Daraus und aus der Sinusf{\"o}rmigkeit der Drehtendenzst{\"a}rkenkurve ergibt sich, daß Drehkommandogr{\"o}ßen, die beim intakten K{\"a}fer die Einhaltung von Menotaxiswinkeln von > 30° zur Folge haben, von der halbierten Drehtendenz nicht mehr kompensiert werden k{\"o}nnen. Die K{\"a}fer k{\"o}nnen dann Dauerrotationen vermeiden, indem sie das Drehkommando soweit abschw{\"a}chen, daß es von der halbierten Drehtendenz wieder kompensiert wird (Abb. 8). 5. Standardabweichung und mittlere Laufwinkelgr{\"o}ße sind miteinander korreliert. Die Korrelation gilt in gleicher Weise f{\"u}r das intakte und das einseitig antennenamputierte Versuchstier. 6. Nach einer einseitigen F{\"u}hlerausschaltung bevorzugen Tenebrio molitor und Scaurus dubius anf{\"a}nglich Laufrichtungen zur Seite der intakten Antenne hin. Bei allen VT-Arten nimmt die Neigung zum intramodalen Winkeltransponieren nach F{\"u}hlerausschaltung sehr stark zu (Abb. 12). 7. Den Grundorientierungen - positive und negative Anemotaxis - liegt, wie auch der Menotaxis, kein tropotaktischer Mechanismus der F{\"u}hlerverschaltung zugrunde. Anemotaxis und Anemomenotaxis unterscheiden sich lediglich dadurch, daß bei letzterer ein efferentes Drehkommando die Sollrichtung verstellt. 8. Die experimentellen Befunde werden im Hinblick auf den, der Anemomenotaxis zugrunde liegenden, physiologischen Mechanismus diskutiert: Sie lassen sich alle widerspruchslos mit einem Kompensationsmechanismus vereinen.},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{Linsenmair1964,
  author    = {Linsenmair, Karl Eduard},
  title     = {Ritter und T{\"u}rmchen: aus dem Leben der Reiterkrabbe},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-44643},
  year      = {1964},
  abstract  = {No abstract available},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{Linsenmair1972,
  author    = {Linsenmair, Karl Eduard},
  title     = {Die Bedeutung familienspezifischer "Abzeichen" f{\"u}r den Familienzusammenhalt bei der sozialen W{\"u}stenassel Hemilepistus reaumuri Audouin und Savigny},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-32663},
  year      = {1972},
  abstract  = {No abstract available},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{Linsenmair1994,
  author    = {Linsenmair, Karl Eduard},
  title     = {Biologische Vielfalt und {\"o}kologische Stabilit{\"a}t},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-31157},
  year      = {1994},
  abstract  = {No abstract available},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{Linsenmair1979,
  author    = {Linsenmair, Karl Eduard},
  title     = {Untersuchungen zur Soziobiologie der W{\"u}stenassel Hemilepistus reaumuri und verwandter Isopodenarten (Isopoda, Oniscoidea): Paarbildung und Evolution der Monogamie},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-30854},
  year      = {1979},
  abstract  = {The desert isopod, Hemilepistus reaumuri, extremely common in the arid regions of North Africa and Asia Minor, depends upon the burrows it itself digs for survival during the hotter parts of the year. The dig-ging of new burrows is limited by chmatic conditions to a short period during the spring. Burrows must be constantly defendet - especially against roving eonspecifics. The decisive problem of a connnuous burrow defense is solved through cooperative behavior: the adult woodlice form monogamous pairs whose partners recognize one another individually. Here, questions on the binding of partners, especially the problem of the binding of male to female will be treated upon, along with questions on the evolution of monogamy, wherein the purely maternal families of Porcellio species will be taken as models for intermedi{\"a}re stages. At first, males olHemilepistus are not permitted to copulate at all; later, for a relatively long period, they are only permitted incomplete copulations, the females alone have control over the partunal ecdysis; they alone determine the moment of final copulations. Under the thermal conditions prevalent during the season of pair formation, a female irreversibly induces a parturial ecdysis only when it has spent a minimum of sev-eral days in her own burrow with a specific male. At higher average temperatures, the number of females which undergo parturial ecdyses without these preconditions increases sharply. Males cannot greatly lnrlu-ence the willingness of females to reproduce with the investment they make in the digging of burrows; the factors deciding this are the male's presence and its role as guard. The first condition necessary for the genesis of monogamy might have been the evolution of a stnc{\"u}y lo-cation-dependent copulatory behavior, which guaranteed the male exclusive mating pnveliges with the female whose location - the burrow - he acheived control of. A male must, under these conditions, serve guard duty in his own interest, and defend the burrow against competitors (Cf or 2) seeking an already-dug burrow. The decisive advantage for the female in the beginning of the development was probably that she could leave the burrow for extended feeding excursions, whereas alone it would have to either completely forego nourishment or, as is the case with the Porcellio species mentioned, must greatly restrict the spectrum of food that it can use (to that which is to be found only a short distance from the burrow and which can eas-ily be carried inside the burrow). This could be a disadvantage, especially during egg production. Necessary to the male's successful defense of the burrow is that he recognises his female. Studies of the Canary Island Porcellio species have shown over which pathways and under what selection pressures the recopinon of individuals, as is realized mHemilepistus, could have evolved. Females can bind males longer, the longer the period of their attraction is extended: Females olHemilepistus reaumuri have been proven to be al·ready att-ractive before they are ready to copulate and still remain attractive after they have copulated. The conse-quences of the last fact will be discussed. The question of why the males remain with the females after the parturial ecdysis will also be discussed: The great danger to the male's investment resulting from a tooi early abandoning, and the low probability of successfully finding another partner after a later abandomng should prevent a positive balance in the males' cost-effecriveness calculations.},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{Linsenmair1985,
  author    = {Linsenmair, Karl Eduard},
  title     = {Individual and family recognition in subsocial arthropods, in particular in the desert isopod Hemilepistus reaumuri},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-33957},
  year      = {1985},
  abstract  = {Individual recogmtlon in the non-eusocial arthropods is, according to our present knowledge, predominantly found in the frame of permanent or temporary monogamy. In some cases, e. g. in stomatopods and possibly other marine crustaceans too, individual recognition may serve to allow identification of (i) individuals within dominance hierarchies or (ii) neighbours in territorial species thus helping to avoid the repetition of unnecessary and costly fights. Kin recognition is experimentally proven only in some isopod species (genera Hemilepistus and Porcel/io) and in the primitive cockroach (termite?) Cryptocercus. The «signatures» or «discriminators» used in the arthropods are chemical. It is assumed that the identifying substances are mainly genetically determined and in this paper I shall discuss possible evolutionary origins. The main part of this account is devoted to the presentation of some aspects of the highly developed individual and kin identification and recognition system in the desert isopod Hemilepistus reaumuri - a pure monogamous species in which pairs together with their progeny form strictly exclusive family units. Amongst other things problems of (i) mate choice, (ii) learning to recognize a partner, (iii) avoiding the un adaptive familiarization with aliens are treated. Monogamy under present conditions is for both sexes the only suitable way of maximizing reproductive success; an extremely strong selection pressure must act against every attempt to abandon monogamy under the given ecological conditions. The family «badges» which are certainly always blends of different discriminator substances are extremely variable. This variability is mainly due to genetical differences and is not environmentally caused. It is to be expected that intra-family variabiliry exists in respect of the production of discriminator substances. Since the common badge of a family is the result of exchanging and mixing individual substances, and since the chemical nature of these discriminators requires direct body contacts in order to acquire those substances which an individual does not produce itself, problems must arise with molting. These difficulties do indeed exist and they are aggravated by the fact that individuals may produce substances which do not show up in the common family badge. An efficient learning capability on the one hand and the use of inhibiting properties of newly molted isopods help to solve these problems. In the final discussion three questions are posed and - partly at least - answered; (i) why are families so strictly exclusive, (ii) how many discriminator substances have to be produced to provide a variability allowing families to remain exclusive under extreme conditions of very high population densities, (iii) what is the structure of the family badge and what does an individual have to learn apart from the badge in order not to mistake a family member for an alien or vice versa.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{Linsenmair1984,
  author    = {Linsenmair, Karl Eduard},
  title     = {Comparative studies on the social behaviour of the desert isopod Hemilepistus reaumuri and of a Porcellio species},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-30846},
  year      = {1984},
  abstract  = {Behavioural adaptations have made the desert isopod Hemilepistus reaumuri the most successful herbivore and detritivore of the macrofauna of many arid areas in North Africa and Asia Minor. For survival and reproduction Hemilepistus is dependent on burrows. New burrows can only be dug during spring. With the time-consuming digging of a burrow, Hemilepistus has only made the first step towards solving its ecological problems. The burrows are vital and have to be continuously defended against competitors. This requirement is met by co-operation of individuals within the framework of a highly developed social behaviour. In spring adults form monogamous pairs in which partners recognize each other individually and later form, with their progeny, strictly closed family communities. Hemilepistus is compared with a Porcellio' sp. which has developed, convergently, a social behaviour which resembles that of Hemilepistus in many respects, but differs essentially in some aspects, partly reflecting differences in ecological requirements. This and a few other Porcellio species demonstrate some possible steps in the evolution of the social behaviour of Hemilepistus. The female Hemilepistus is-in contrast to Porcellio sp. - semelparous and the selective advantages of monogamy in its environment are not difficult to recognize. This chapter discusses how this mating system could have evolved and especially why monogamous behaviour is also the best method for the Hemilepistus male to maximize its reproductive success. The cohesion of pairs and of family communities in Hemilepistus is based on a highly developed chemical communication system. Individual- and family-specific badges owe their specificity to genetically determined discriminating substances. The nature of the badges raises a series of questions: e.g. since alien badges release aggression, how do parents avoid cannibalizing their young? Similar problems arise from the fact that family badges are mixtures of chemical compounds of very low volatility with the consequence that they can only be transferred by direct contact and that during moulting all substances are lost which an individual does not produce itself. It is shown that in solving these problems inhibiting properties (presumably substances) and learning play a dominant role.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{Linsenmair1991,
  author    = {Linsenmair, Karl Eduard},
  title     = {Allokation elterlicher Investition beim Bienenwolf Philantus triangulum (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-78191},
  year      = {1991},
  abstract  = {No abstract available},
  subject      = {Zoologie},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{Linsenmair1990,
  author    = {Linsenmair, Karl Eduard},
  title     = {Tropische Biodiversitat: Befunde und offene Probleme},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-78302},
  year      = {1990},
  abstract  = {During the past 50 to over 100 million years communities evolved in the tropics which attained unprecedented levels of biodiversity, strikingly represented by evergreen lowland rain forests offering home to more than 50\% of all the world's extant species. Within only some 30 years human action reduced the area covered with tropical rain forests to about half of its former size, thereby negatively affecting local and global functions of the biosphere and exterminating an unknown number of species. With an exponentially increasing rate we are throwing away our and all future generations' biological heritage. We destroy the most complicated, scientifically most interesting living systems before we have gained any knowledge of their structures ,and dynamics. To understand the particular structures and dynamics of tropical communities means in the first place to understand the causes and consequences of their ten- to more than hundredfold higher alphadiversity (as compared to temperate systems). This problem has a historical dimension and a functional side requiring answers as to the nature of the proximate mechanisms of its maintenance. My review is only concerned with the latter aspect, and its maIn emphasis is on the gaps in our knowledge. Two sets of hypotheses have been developed for explaining the high within-commUnIty diversity. (1) According to the classical concept interspecific niche competition and subsequent niche separation are the main forces determining the structure of the community. These so-called equilibrium models have been contrasted in recent times with (2) non-equilibrium models. These models do not attribute the decisive role to interspecific competition. Strong niche overlaps are presumed to be very common within species-rich communities. Continuous stochastic local disturbances are assumed to prevent the achievement of any long-term equilibrium (climax) state. Being on the right spot at the right time is regarded as most important. Whether oneor a combination of both models provide the best key for understanding the structure of a special section within a community will certainly depend on many properties of the species at debate (mobility, disr.ersal, fertility etc.). For the vast majority of tropical organisms all such information is at present unavailable. The principles governing the structure of communities is just one of the very ,basic open problems. Another very prominent question is how the qualitatively very rich, however quantitatively poor resources are distributed among the members of highly diverse guilds of consumers and decomposers. Does the scarcity rather favour generalists or specialists, are small species overrepresented, are resources more extensively used than in temperate communities? One important property is fairly well established: Populations of most tropical species seem to be very small. Since a) in very many' cases distribution range is obviously very limited, since b) predator pressure is generally assumed to be higher in the tropics and c) recent - perhaps unduely generalized - results claim abundance fluctuations in the tropics fully comparable in their dimensions to those in the temperate zone, the question arises as to how these small populations can persist for seemingly long periods of time and avoid rapid extinction. Additionally treated PoInts concern detritivore communities, plant animal Interactions, key stone groups. Saving biodiversity in general and the tropical species and community richness in particular is one of the most urgent tasks of our generation, and biologists have to play a still more prominent role in this extremely important endeavor than they have in the past decades.},
  subject      = {Zoologie},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{Linsenmair1986,
  author    = {Linsenmair, Karl Eduard},
  title     = {Adaptations of the reed frog Hyperbolius viridiflavus to its arid environment: II. Some aspects of the water economy of H. viridiflavus nitidulus under wet and dry ...},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-78395},
  year      = {1986},
  abstract  = {Adaptations to aridity ofthe reedfrog Hyperolius viridiflavus nitidulus, living in different parts of the seasonally very dry and hot West African savanna, are investigated ...},
  subject      = {Zoologie},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{Linsenmair1972,
  author    = {Linsenmair, Karl Eduard},
  title     = {Anemomenotactic orientation in beetles and scorpions},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-78118},
  year      = {1972},
  abstract  = {Scorpions, living in North African semideserts are - in spite of disrupting experimental interferences - able to maintain a certain direction in their natural environment in the dark on a plane surface. Under comparable laboratory conditions, excluding the possibility of light or gravity orientation, they can orient themselves if a directed air current passes over the "arena." In most cases the scorpions do not run necessarily with or against the wind, but rather maintain constant angles to the air current for anywhere from minutes to many hours. They are running anemomenotactically (ref. 1). Under identical conditions many species of beetles also orient themselves to air currents (refs. 2 to 4). The main problems to be solved in the study of anemomenotactic orientation are: (1) Which physical qualities of the air current have an influence on the anemomenotaxis? (2) With which sense organs do beetles and scorpions perceive wind directions? (3) Which physiological mechanism is the basis of anemomenotactic orientation? (4) What is the biological significance of anemomenotaxis in beetles and scorpions? With respect to these problems, more study has been done on beetles than on scorpions. Therefore, due to lack of space, I shall discuss mainly some of the results obtained in experiments with dung beetles (Geotrupes silvaticus, G. ,Stercorarius, G. armifrons, G. niger, Scarabaeus variolosus) and tenebrionid beetles (Tenebrio molitor, Pimelia grossa, P. tenuicomis, Scaurus dubius).},
  subject      = {Biologie},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{LinsenmairJander1963,
  author    = {Linsenmair, Karl Eduard and Jander, R.},
  title     = {Das "Entspannungsschwimmen" von Velia und Stenus},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-44663},
  year      = {1963},
  abstract  = {No abstract available},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{LinsenmairLinsenmair1971,
  author    = {Linsenmair, Karl Eduard and Linsenmair, Christa},
  title     = {Paarbildung und Paarzusammenhalt bei der monogamen W{\"u}stenassel Hemilepistus reaumuri (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscoidea)},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-33937},
  year      = {1971},
  abstract  = {No abstract available},
  language  = {de}
}
@incollection{LinsenmairMikula1988,
  author    = {Linsenmair, Karl Eduard and Mikula, Gerold},
  title     = {Soziale Einfl{\"u}sse},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-44469},
  publisher      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {1988},
  abstract  = {No abstract available},
  language  = {de}
}