Do large bushcrickets have more sensitive ears? Natural variation in hearing thresholds within populations of the bushcricket Requena verticalis (Listroscelidinae: Tettigoniidae)

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 105-112

  Bailey, Winston J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Auditory spiracle; Auditory threshold; Bushcricket; Hearing sensitivity; Katydid; Requena verticalis; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031804120     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3032.1998.232071.x     Document Type: Article

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