Generation of extreme ultrasonics in rainforest katydids

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 4923-4937

  Montealegre Z, Fernando ^a   Morris, Glenn K ^a   Mason, Andrew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioacoustics; Elastic; Katydid; Orthoptera; Resilin; Stridulation; Tettigoniidae; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; MALE; ORTHOPTERA; PHYSIOLOGY; TROPIC CLIMATE; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MALE; ORTHOPTERA; TROPICAL CLIMATE; ULTRASONICS; WING;

ARTHROPODA; MECONEMATINAE; ORTHOPTERA; TETTIGONIIDAE;

EID: 33846469310     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02608     Document Type: Article

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