Diel variation in a dynamic sexual display and its association with female mate-searching behaviour

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1634, 2008, Pages 579-585

  Jacot, Alain ^a,b   Scheuber, Hannes ^a   Holzer, Barbara ^a,c   Otti, Oliver ^a,d   Brinkhof, Martin W G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ambient temperature; Circadian rhythm; Condition dependence; Female mate choice; Honest signalling

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICKET; DIEL VARIATION; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FOOD SUPPLY; HONEST SIGNALING; MATE LOCATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNALING;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRICKET; FEMALE; FOOD; HABITAT; INSECT; MALE; MATE CHOICE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASON; SEXUALITY; SUPPLEMENTATION;

GRYLLINAE; GRYLLUS CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 38549160574     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.1500     Document Type: Article

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