Auditory sensitivity of an acoustic parasitoid (Emblemasoma sp., Sarcophagidae, Diptera) and the calling behavior of potential hosts

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-26

  Farris, H E ^a,b,c   Oshinsky, M L ^b,d   Forrest, T G ^a,e   Hoy, R R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chorus; Cicada; Cricket; Diel behavior; Emblemasoma; Frequency tuning; Interneuron; Ormia; Parasitoid; Phonotaxis; Tibicen

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR; CALLING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIEL CHORUS PATTERN; DIEL VERTICAL MIGRATION; EMBLEMASOMA; FEMALE; FLY; HEARING ACUITY; INSECT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; TIBICEN CHLOROMERA; TIBICEN PRUINOSA;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIPTERA; FEMALE; HEMIPTERA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INTERNEURONS; MALE; OVIPOSITION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

CICADA; CICADIDAE; DIPTERA; EMBLEMASOMA; HEMIPTERA; ORMIA; SARCOPHAGIDAE; TIBICEN; TIBICEN PRUINOSA;

EID: 50449096745     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000139458     Document Type: Article

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