Can spectral cues contribute to species separation in closely related grasshoppers?

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

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 171-180

  Meyer, Jens ^a   Elsner, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Frequency tuning; Grasshoppers; Hearing; Laser vibrometry; Sound production

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031029594     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050038     Document Type: Article

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