The effect of age on a sexually selected acoustic display

Ethology

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 615-620

  Jacot, Alain ^a,b   Scheuber, Hannes ^a   Brinkhof, Martin W G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; CALLING BEHAVIOR; CRICKET; MATE CHOICE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONG;

GRYLLINAE; GRYLLUS CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 34547468277     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2007.01360.x     Document Type: Article

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