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Pyroelectric (PE) voltage responses to single square radiation signals absorbed in epidermal layers of the leaves of Encephalartos villosus and Rhododendron catawbiense and in the integument of the insect Periplaneta americana L. were investigated on dry preparations as well as on whole fresh leaves and live insects. Measurements of the initial slopes of the responses, the rise times, and the peak...