Distributed control of song pattern generation in crickets revealed by lesions to the thoracic ganglia

Zoology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 268-276

  Hennig, R M ^a,b   Otto, D ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Calling song; Insect; Pattern generation

Indexed keywords

EID: 21744433165     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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