Synchrony during acoustic interactions in the bushcricket Mecopoda 'Chirper' (Tettigoniidae:Orthoptera) is generated by a combination of chirp-by-chirp resetting and change in intrinsic chirp rate

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-65

  Nityananda, Vivek ^a   Balakrishnan, Rohini ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Bushcricket; Mecopoda; Phase response curve; Song oscillator; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOPERATION; GRYLLIDAE; MALE; OSCILLOMETRY; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND DETECTION;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GRYLLIDAE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OSCILLOMETRY; PERIODICITY; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY;

EID: 33846057838     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-006-0170-1     Document Type: Article

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