Ultrasound hearing and male-male communication in Australian katydids (Tettigoniidae: Zaprochilinae) with sexually dimorphic ears

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 139-149

  Mason, Andrew C ^a,b   Bailey, Winston J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Call alternation; Katydid, hearing; Kawanaphila; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

KAWANAPHILA MIRLA; KAWANAPHILA YARRAGA;

EID: 0031862499     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3032.1998.232069.x     Document Type: Article

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