Hearing asymmetry and auditory acuity in the Australian bushcricket Requena verticalis (Listroscelidinae; Tettigoniidae; Orthoptera)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 2935-2942

  Bailey, Winston J ^a   Yang, Suanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Auditory spiracle; Bushcricket; Fluctuating asymmetry; Neurophysiology; Orthoptera; Requena verticalis; Sound localisation; Tettigoniidae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; AUSTRALIA; GRYLLIDAE; HEARING; HISTOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; AUSTRALIA; GRYLLIDAE; HEARING; MOVEMENT;

ANIMALIA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; GRYLLIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ORTHOPTERA; REQUENA VERTICALIS; TETTIGONIIDAE;

EID: 0036749207     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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