Searching by visual and acoustic cues among bushcrickets (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae): Will females remain faithful to a male who stops calling?

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 209-214

  Bailey, W J ^a   Ager, E I ^a   O'Brien, E K ^a   Watson, D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acoustic; Phonotaxis; Requena; Searching strategies; Visual

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; CRICKET; MATE ATTRACTION; VISUAL CUE;

ORTHOPTERA; REQUENA; REQUENA VERTICALIS; TETTIGONIIDAE;

EID: 0141704079     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3032.2003.00334.x     Document Type: Article

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