Neuroethology of ultrasonic hearing in nocturnal butterflies (Hedyloidea)

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

Volumn 193, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 577-590

  Yack, Jayne E ^a   Kalko, Elisabeth K V ^b,c   Surlykke, Annemarie ^d  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bat avoidance; Butterfly; Hearing; Hedylidae; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BUTTERFLY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EAR; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FLYING; FORELIMB; GANGLION; HEARING; HISTOLOGY; INNERVATION; MALE; MEMBRANE; MUSCLE; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASOUND;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BUTTERFLIES; EAR; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; HEARING; MALE; MEMBRANES; MUSCLES; NEURONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONICS; WING;

EID: 34249694564     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-007-0213-2     Document Type: Article

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