Female preference for symmetric calls in a grasshopper

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 261-272

  Møller, Anders Pape ^a  

^a Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive CNRS UMR 7103 UFR 927   (France)

Author keywords

Call duration; Call frequency; Fluctuating asymmetry; Myrmeleotettix maculatus; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; GRASSHOPPER;

MYRMELEONTIDAE; MYRMELEOTETTIX MACULATUS; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 17744418660     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2001.9522775     Document Type: Article

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