Courtship song is more variable than calling song in the field cricket Teleogryllus oceanicus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1065-1071

  Zuk, Marlene ^a   Rebar, Darren ^a   Scott, Sarah Primrose ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

courtship song; cricket song; field cricket; Teleogryllus oceanicus

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CUE; CALLING BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COURTSHIP; CRICKET; MATING BEHAVIOR; SONG;

GRYLLINAE; TELEOGRYLLUS OCEANICUS;

EID: 49149114621     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.02.018     Document Type: Article

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