Talking back: Sending soil vibration signals to lekking prairie mole cricket males'

American Zoologist

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1200-1214

  Hill, Peggy S M ^a   Shadley, John R ^b  

^a University Oftuisa   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

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EID: 33746318963     PISSN: 00031569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/41.5.1200     Document Type: Article

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