'Un chant d'appel amoureux': Acoustic communication in moths

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 1711-1723

  Conner, William E ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bat; Communication; Courtship; Moth; Sexual selection; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032793761     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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