The contribution of tympanic transmission to fine temporal signal evaluation in an ultrasonic moth

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 4159-4165

  Rodríguez, Rafael L ^a,b   Schul, Johannes ^b   Cocroft, Reginald B ^b   Greenfield, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Achroia grisella; Bioacoustics; Lepidoptera; Mechanisms of mate choice; Pyralidae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EARDRUM; LASER; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUND DETECTION; ULTRASOUND; UNITED STATES; VIBRATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; KANSAS; LASERS; MOTHS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE; ULTRASONICS; VIBRATION;

ACHROIA GRISELLA; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 28444446322     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01893     Document Type: Article

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