Courtship song in Drosophila melanogaster: A differential effect on male-female locomotor activity

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1258-1266

  Kowalski, Solange ^a   Aubin, Thierry ^a   Martin, Jean René ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOMARKERS; BIOMECHANICS; BROADCASTING; PROBABILITY;

LOCOMOTOR ACTIVITY; SPECIES RECOGNITION; STIMULATING EFFECT; VIDEO-TRACKING SYSTEM;

BIODIVERSITY;

COURTSHIP; FLY; LOCOMOTION; RECOGNITION; SONG;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 12744255293     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z04-102     Document Type: Article

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