Recognition of sex in the acoustic communication of the grasshopper Chorthippus biguttulus (Orthoptera, Acrididae)

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 373-386

  Von Helversen, Dagmar ^a   Von Helversen, Otto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Pattern recognition; Sex discrimination; Sexual selection Chorthippus biguttulus (Acrididae)

Indexed keywords

CHORTHIPPUS BIGUTTULUS;

EID: 0030891693     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050056     Document Type: Article

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