Mechanical phase shifters for coherent acoustic radiation in the stridulating wings of crickets: The plectrum mechanism

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 257-269

  Montealegre Z, Fernando ^a   Windmill, James F C ^b   Morris, Glenn K ^c   Robert, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioacoustics; Biomechanics; Gryllidae; Orthoptera; Phase shifter; Stridulation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FORELIMB; GRYLLIDAE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIBRATION; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; GRYLLIDAE; MALE; VIBRATION; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL; WING;

GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLUS BIMACULATUS; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 58149327056     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.022731     Document Type: Article

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