Spatial orientation in the bushcricket Leptophyes punctatissima (Phaneropterinae; Orthoptera): I. Phonotaxis to elevated and depressed sound sources

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

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 313-320

  Rheinlaender, Jürgen ^a   Hartbauer, Manfred ^a   Römer, Heiner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bushcricket; Phonotaxis; Sound localization; Spatial orientation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; GRYLLIDAE; HEARING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUND DETECTION; TIME; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CUES; FEMALE; GRYLLIDAE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 33847189266     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-006-0186-6     Document Type: Article

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