Evolution of ultrasonic signalling in wax moths: Discrimination of ultrasonic mating calls from bat echolocation signals and the exploitation of an antipredator receiver bias by sexual advertisement

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 259-279

  Greenfield, M D ^a   Weber, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Female choice; Lepidoptera; Motor constraint; Sensory bias; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ECHOLOCATION; EVOLUTION; MOTH; SIGNAL; ULTRASONICS;

ACHROIA GRISELLA; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 0033823609     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2000.9522800     Document Type: Article

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