Resonators in insect sound production: How insects produce loud pure-tone songs

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 3347-3357

  Bennet Clark, H C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioacoustics; Cicada; Cricket; Insect; Resonator; Sound production

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CICADA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0033377496     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.202.23.3347     Document Type: Article

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