Sound radiation by the bladder cicada Cystosoma saundersii

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 701-715

  Bennet Clark, H C ^a   Young, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioacoustics; Cicada; Cystosoma saundersii; Frequency control; Resonance; Sound radiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031953094     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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