Mechanisms and Evolution of Synchronous Chorusing: Emergent Properties and Adaptive Functions in Neoconocephalus katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 289-297

  Greenfield, Michael D ^a,b   Schul, Johannes ^a,b  

^a Parc Grandmont

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

acoustic communication; mate choice; sexual selection; signal interactions; species recognition

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EVOLUTION; MALE; ORTHOPTERA; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; RECOGNITION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; MALE; ORTHOPTERA; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 50849097068     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.122.3.289     Document Type: Article

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