Spectral selectivity during phonotaxis: A comparative study in Neoconocephalus (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1757-1764

  Deily, Joshua A ^a   Schul, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Call recognition; Carrier frequency; Hearing; Neoconocephalus; Phonotaxis; Spectral processing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPER; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; SOUND; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

NEOCONOCEPHALUS; NEOCONOCEPHALUS BIVOCATUS; NEOCONOCEPHALUS ROBUSTUS; ORTHOPTERA; TETTIGONIIDAE;

EID: 33744791156     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02189     Document Type: Article

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