Flight and hearing: Ultrasound sensitivity differs between flight-capable and flight-incapable morphs of a wing-dimorphic cricket species

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 3160-3164

  Pollack, Gerald S ^a   Martins, Ruben ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bat predation; Juvenile hormone; Phonotaxis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; FEMALE; FLYING; FORELIMB; GRYLLIDAE; HEARING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND DETECTION; ULTRASOUND;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; GRYLLIDAE; HEARING; MALE; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; SOUND LOCALIZATION; ULTRASONICS; WING;

GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLUS TEXENSIS;

EID: 35649011969     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.008136     Document Type: Article

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