Agonistic signals received by an arthropod filiform hair allude to the prevalence of near-field sound communication

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1633, 2008, Pages 363-368

  Santer, Roger D ^a   Hebets, Eileen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblypygid; Arachnid; Communication; Signal receiver match; Trichobothria; Whip spider

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ARACHNID; HAIR; MOVEMENT;

ADAPTATION; AIR; ARACHNID; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND TRANSMISSION; VIBRATION;

AMBLYPYGI; ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; ARTHROPODA; AVIAN LEUKOSIS VIRUS;

EID: 37849039570     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.1466     Document Type: Article

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