Influence of amplitude modulated noise on the recognition of communication signals in the grasshopper Chorthippus biguttulus

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 189, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 419-425

  Ronacher, B ^a   Hoffmann, C ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amplitude modulation; Grasshopper; Masking; Redundancy; Temporal integration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPER; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NOISE; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; MALE; NOISE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0038383449     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-003-0417-z     Document Type: Article

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