Phonotactic response of female crickets on the Kramer treadmill: Methodology, sensory and behavioural implications

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

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 79-96

  Verburgt, L ^a   Ferguson, J W H ^a   Weber, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Female preference; Phonotactic asymmetry; Phonotaxis; Response function; Selectivity

Indexed keywords

AGE; ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; APPETITE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; GRYLLIDAE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUND DETECTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGE FACTORS; ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; GRYLLIDAE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 38549132581     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-007-0292-0     Document Type: Article

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