Auditory response and intrinsic link with sound-production in singing male cicada

Science in China, Series C: Life Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 576-583

  Yang, Xinyu ^a   Chen, Hao ^a   Xu, Muling ^a   Jiang, Jinchang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Auditory response; Intrinsic link with sounding movement; Quiescent and singing male cicada

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542527019     PISSN: 10069305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02882898     Document Type: Article

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