Mechanisms of selective attention in grasshopper choruses: Who listens to whom?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-66

  Snedden, W Andy ^a   Greenfield, Michael D ^a   Jang, Yikweon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Chorusing; Selective attention; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SIGNAL; COMMUNICATION; GRASSHOPPER; SELECTIVE ATTENTION;

EID: 0031853737     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050466     Document Type: Article

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