The neuroethology of song cessation in response to gleaning bat calls in two species of katydids, Neoconocephalus ensiger and Amblycorypha oblongifolia

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 2431-2441

  Ter Hofstede, Hannah M ^a   Fullard, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antipredator behaviour; Calling song; Echolocation; Tettigoniidae

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; ECHOLOCATION; ETHOLOGY; INTERNEURON; NERVOUS SYSTEM; ORTHOPTERA; OSCILLOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; VOCALIZATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; ETHOLOGY; INTERNEURONS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; ORTHOPTERA; OSCILLOMETRY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

AMBLYCORYPHA; MYOTIS SEPTENTRIONALIS; NEOCONOCEPHALUS; TETTIGONIIDAE;

EID: 50649119716     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.017285     Document Type: Article

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