Phonotactic walking paths of field crickets in closed-loop conditions and their simulation using a stochastic model

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 3661-3676

  Mhatre, Natasha ^a   Balakrishnan, Rohini ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Closed loop behaviour; Field cricket; Multiple sound sources; Plebeiogryllus; Simulation; Walking phonotaxis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EAR; FEMALE; GRYLLIDAE; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; WALKING;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EAR; FEMALE; GRYLLIDAE; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; WALKING;

GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLINAE;

EID: 36349025253     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.003764     Document Type: Article

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