Tuning the drum: The mechanical basis for frequency discrimination in a Mediterranean cicada

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 4115-4128

  Sueur, Jérôme ^a   Windmill, James F C ^b   Robert, Daniel ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Cicada; Frequency discrimination; Hearing; Travelling wave; Tympanum

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HEARING; HEMIPTERA; MALE; MIDDLE EAR; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL SELECTION; VIBRATION; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; EAR, MIDDLE; FEMALE; HEARING; HEMIPTERA; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; VIBRATION; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ATRA; CICADA; CICADIDAE;

EID: 33751114719     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02460     Document Type: Article

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